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Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force by Jerry Scutts

By Jerry Scutts

Definitely the simplest American fighter of worldwide conflict 2, the North American P-51 Mustang served in huge numbers with the USAAF’s 8th Air strength from past due 1943 until eventually VE Day, and used to be the mount of such a lot aces in-theatre. Charged with the accountability of escorting large formations of B-17 Flying fort and B-24 Liberator bombers on sunlight raids deep into Germany, the P-51 pilots of a few of the fighter teams in the ’Mighty Eighth’ went face to face with the cream of the Luftwaffe’s fighter squadrons for regulate of the skies over the 3rd Reich.

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She participated in the Battle of the Java Sea and the March 1, 1942 action against American and British ships. She was assigned to the Aleutians Guard Force as part of the Midway operation. On June 25, 1942, she was sunk by the American submarine Nautilus near Yokosuka, with no survivors. Yudachi: She was assigned to Destroyer Division 4 and conducted operations as other ships in this unit during the initial period of the war. By August 1942, she was committed to operations in the Solomons. She participated in 13 transport missions and five sweep missions to Guadalcanal.

She survived that operation but was sunk by a mine while under American carrier air attack near Maizuru on July 30, 1945. Hatsushimo was the last Japanese destroyer sunk in the war. Nenohi: Her first combat operation was in January 1942 in support of the invasion of the Dutch East Indies. indd 38 03/10/2012 10:28 June 1942 and remained in northern waters until July 4, 1942, when she was torpedoed by the American submarine Triton southeast of Attu. Wakaba: Her first combat operation was in January 1942 during the invasion of the Dutch East Indies.

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