On 18th April 1943, commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, took a flight from Rabaul to an island near Bougainville as part of a tour to raise morale following the defeat of Japanese forces at Guadalcanal. Over Bougainville at 09:34, Yamamoto’s flight of 2 G4Ms and 6 A6M3 Zeroes were intercepted by 16 American P-38Gs of 347th and 18th Fighter Group who had flown a precisely timed flight plan for 2 and a half hours from Guadalcanal. Yamamoto’s aircraft was successfully shot down into the jungle by Lt. Rex Barber; Yamamoto’s body was later found to be still in his seat clutching his sword.
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Sources
We Killed Yamamoto: The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbour, Bougainville 1943 by Si Sheppard
Killing a Peacock by Maj Adonis C. Arvanitakis
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Music: ‘Celestial’ and 'Pathfinder' by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au, Japanese TAIKO Drum Copyright Free Music.
Visuals: IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 with Ypack
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