
Operation VENGEANCE-Killing Yamamoto
The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War
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The Battle of the Betty
Barbara could see his round striking the right engine in the right rear fuselage of the Betty as he's watching. Unbeknownst to Barbara, that aircraft that he had just shot down was carrying Admiral Isoroko Yamamoto. He did not know this. There were two Betty's in the flight. After Holmes, who had finally gotten his drop tanks dropped, attacked this Betty,. Barbara comes in, he pours more fire into this other Betty which starts emitting smoke and it too drops into the water splashes in the water. This Betty is carrying Admiral Ugaki. Ugaki was Yamamoto's chief of staff and again, Barbara had no clue. One of them is bound
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