June 2, 2026

Japanese Pilots Couldn’t believe a P-38 Shot Down Yamamoto’s Plane From 400 Miles..Until They Saw It: – News

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Japanese Pilots Couldn’t believe a P-38 Shot Down Yamamoto’s Plane From 400 Miles..Until They Saw It:

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April 18th, 1943, 435 miles from Henderson Field, Guadal Canal, Admiral Isuroku Yamamoto, architect of Pearl Harbor, commander of the combined fleet, sat in the cramped fuselage of a Mitsubishi G4M bomber streaking toward Bugenville at 8,000 ft. The man who had promised to dictate peace terms in the White House had less than 60 seconds to live.

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