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To: Homer_J_Simpson
My older brother received a gift of a complete set of a British WWII documentary The World At War

One of the segments included the downing of Yamamoto. I seem to recall a P-38 pilot who took part in the ambush said he made what he described as an "impossible" 90 degree crossing shot that brought Yamamoto's Betty down.

I never realized there was a controversy as to which P-38 pilot downed Yamamoto until recently. I still don't fully understand the controversy since for such a mission, the fighters certainly had gun cameras with sufficient film to last the plane's entire ammunition supply.

Perhaps there were two P-38's simultaneously firing but that had never been my understanding.

13 posted on 04/18/2013 7:20:31 AM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301

There were two Betty bombers downed. One with Admiral Ugaki (who survived) and one with Yamamoto. Lanphier and Barber each downed a Betty, and each thought they got the one with Yamamoto.


14 posted on 04/18/2013 7:47:02 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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