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THE KILLING OF ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO

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On April 18, 1943 Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II who was a planner of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Midway, was ambushed shot down by a group of sixteen American P-38 fighters while on a short trip to Rabaul. Yamamoto's transport aircraft was shot down by Pilot REX BARBER, and his fellow pilots claimed an additional transport and escort aircraft. Offered here is an S.P., 8.5 x 6 in. b/w, a copy of a wartime photograph showing 13 pilots who participated in the historic mission, signed by REX BARBER at center who adds: '339 Fghr Sqdn. Yamamoto Mission 18 April 1943'. Also signed by eight other pilots, identified on the verso of the image. Fine condition.

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THE KILLING OF ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO

Name: THE KILLING OF ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO
SKU: 132333422
Price: 1500 USD
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