When a P40 Battled 15 Japanese Fighters

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Follow and Wishlist our game on Steam It’s May 17th, 1944. Using a few days of good weather before month of monsoon starts, four P-40N fighter-bombers from 89th Fighter Squadron part of the famous Burma Banshees - flew over India-Burma border to provide support to Allied troops that were in bitter fight with Japanese Army. They were in the middle of the bombing run when a least 15 Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (translated as Peregrine Falcon) attacked them. During the ensuing fight the commander of this flight Lieutenant Philip Adair lost sight of all the three of his allies. Instead several Japanese fighters tried to get on his six and bring him down. Hopelessly outnumbered, how could the 4 friends possibly survive? Thank you very much to the family of Lt Phil Adair for reaching out to use with this story and providing us with his audio. The main sources for this video were: Personal interviews of Philip Adair supplied by the Adair family Story of the battle on burmabanshees.com Hit join to become a member and get exclusive perks Support us on Patreon Check out our exclusive merch Join us on Discord 00:00 Burma Banshees on a mission 01:25 Three flights of Zeroes vs Curtiss P-40s 03:13 4 planes vs Adair 05:39 5 Zeroes hunt for Adair 07:34 O’Connor on the horizon 09:48 O’Connor’s fate Yarnhub uses the Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2025, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.