While the attack on Pearl Harbor devastated the U.S. fleet a small group of American pilots turned the tide in the air. From ...
On April 18, 1943, a squadron of P-38 Lightning fighters flew low over the Pacific near Bougainville Island on a mission known as Operation Vengeance. Among the pilots was 1st Lieutenant Rex Barber, ...
Somehow Lt. Rasmussen was able to bring his P-36 back to base. Some counted nearly 500 bullet holes in the damaged fighter. (U.S. Air Force) When Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on the morning ...