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Posted: 12/16/2016 2:56:10 AM EDT
Yamamoto's Plane Wreck |
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P-38's lit him up. I think one crashed on the way back though.
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There is a book I read about that mission, maybe Killing Yamamoto. Lamphier had claimed the shootdown but I believe it was changed to a 1/2 kill. Mission was planned perfect and Yamamotos promptness was the last nail in his coffin. His Betty went into the jungle and the other with his staff went into the ocean.
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There is a book I read about that mission, maybe Killing Yamamoto. Lamphier had claimed the shootdown but I believe it was changed to a 1/2 kill. Mission was planned perfect and Yamamotos promptness was the last nail in his coffin. His Betty went into the jungle and the other with his staff went into the ocean. View Quote He claimed Yamamoto, solo, and a Zero, solo. He got half-credit for Yamamoto and none for a zero after records were reconciled to actual losses after the war. In fact, that dropped him from an Ace down to 4 kills, and he was suing until the day he died, bitterly claiming he had Yamamoto as a solo kill, while enemy pilots, squadron mates and forensic evidence from the crash site showed him wrong. Least he got a Navy Cross (and a half-kill) out of it. |
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Shoot it again for old times sake. At least take a piss on it. |
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Goatboy, here is another example of the Op posting a video and i can't see it.
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I can see it, you guys want a brief synopsis? It Yamamotos plane crash... the end.
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All that aluminum; I'm surprised it wasn't scrapped by the natives.
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Seconded. If I hover over the place where I imagine the video would be, it just shows the "white glove' indicating a link or other interactive element. I am on chrome... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Goatboy, here is another example of the Op posting a video and i can't see it. Seconded. If I hover over the place where I imagine the video would be, it just shows the "white glove' indicating a link or other interactive element. I am on chrome... Same problem here, on IE, just a blank post. If I hit quote then I can see the link. |
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Seconded. If I hover over the place where I imagine the video would be, it just shows the "white glove' indicating a link or other interactive element. I am on chrome... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Goatboy, here is another example of the Op posting a video and i can't see it. Seconded. If I hover over the place where I imagine the video would be, it just shows the "white glove' indicating a link or other interactive element. I am on chrome... Same problem here, on IE, just a blank post. If I hit quote then I can see the link. |
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Nope cannot quote the OP.
Submit button does not work. And the 'view Quote' button does not work either. Win 7 Waterfox 40.0.2 |
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I found myself praying the natives would take off his head with the machete. Eat it or shrink it, I don't care. Just make him stop saying Stupid things. Who the Hell, travels to a remote jungle crash sight, to find a specific Airplane, and yet doesn't know what that airplane (or any airplane) looks like?
I'd adopt whole village and pay ten bucks a month for the rest of my life, for the privilege of seeing them hack that guy into tiny bite sized morsels. |
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Seconded. If I hover over the place where I imagine the video would be, it just shows the "white glove' indicating a link or other interactive element. I am on chrome... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Goatboy, here is another example of the Op posting a video and i can't see it. Seconded. If I hover over the place where I imagine the video would be, it just shows the "white glove' indicating a link or other interactive element. I am on chrome... All of the above applies to me as well , Glove but no video |
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And the guy narrating it doesn't know shit about airplanes View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I can see it, you guys want a brief synopsis? It Yamamotos plane crash... the end. And the guy narrating it doesn't know shit about airplanes They found the crashed Betty, The guy with the camera does not even know what the tail section looks like . He is a complete moron . |
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Interesting. Ironic that the guy drives to visit the wreck of an Admiral in the IJN in a Toyota.
For all the time I've spent running around remote parts of the world, I would feel wary following this crowd of machete wielding natives into the jungle. |
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Interesting. Ironic that the guy drives to visit the wreck of an Admiral in the IJN in a Toyota. For all the time I've spent running around remote parts of the world, I would feel wary following this crowd of machete wielding natives into the jungle. View Quote Sometimes you got to hang with the lunatic clowns in order to get the Free Candy. |
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