[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.

After the war, I would think holes in the wreckage could be matched with P-38 pilot descriptions of their downing.

[Rebelbase]

Yamomoto's plane wreck:

[Rinnwald]

After the war, I would think holes in the wreckage could be matched with P-38 pilot descriptions of their downing.

Post war studies seem to conclusively give the credit to Barber. It doesn't really matter, since the entire operation was executed brilliantly. Of course, I wasn't there, and I can't speak to the men's motivation.