Intrepid Aviators: The American Flyers Who Sank Japans Greatest Battleship - Gregory G. Fletcher
Category: History
Tags: History, Misc. Non-fiction
The true story of the World War II Pacific naval battle that pitted the USS Intrepids naval aviators against Japans superbattleship Musashiand made a dramatic difference in the Battle of Leyte Gulf., October 24, 1944: As World War II raged, six young American torpedo bombers were sent on a search-and-destroy mission in the Sibuyan Sea. Their target: the superbattleship Musashi, the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with preventing the immense enemy warship from inflicting damage on American supply ships. Little did these men know that they had embarked on the opening round of historys greatestand lastepic naval battle., Two bomber crews launched in the first wave of attackers were shot out of the sky. Only pilot Will Fletcher survived the crash landing. Adrift at sea, Will made his way to land and escaped into the jungles of the Philippines, where he eluded capture by the Japanese with the help of Filipino guerrillas, whose ranks he joined to fight against the
