Captain Ed Ellis from the Naval Aviation Museum told FOX10 News, 'We had broken the Japanese code and got his flight schedule and the pilots of about ten P-38s with dead reckoning intercepted Yamamoto's bomber, shot it down and killed him.'"
Thursday, February 5, 2009
WWII plane at NAS Pensacola this week | Fox10tv.com
WWII plane at NAS Pensacola this week | Fox10tv.com: "PENSACOLA, Fla. - Over the Pacific, the P-38 earned the nickname lightning. It was a squadron of these fast planes that caught up with Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, the man who led the attack on pearl harbor.
Captain Ed Ellis from the Naval Aviation Museum told FOX10 News, 'We had broken the Japanese code and got his flight schedule and the pilots of about ten P-38s with dead reckoning intercepted Yamamoto's bomber, shot it down and killed him.'"
Captain Ed Ellis from the Naval Aviation Museum told FOX10 News, 'We had broken the Japanese code and got his flight schedule and the pilots of about ten P-38s with dead reckoning intercepted Yamamoto's bomber, shot it down and killed him.'"
