Japanese Zeros Were Unstoppable Until One American Pilot Accidentally Discovered This

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Lieutenant Richard Bong's P38. Lightning shuddered violently as 20 millimeter cannon rounds tore through the left engine cowling. At 18,000 ft above the Solomon Islands, he was alone, his wingman already spiraling into the Pacific Ocean below, trailing black smoke. The August 1943 sun blazed through his canopy as he threw the twin boomed fighter in... Read More