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Wildcat
But on topic I saw the PBS "Secrets of The Dead" Guadalcanal episode tonight. Very interesting.SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Dogfight Over Guadalcanal | PBS http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation-videos/james-pug-southerland-vs-saburo-sakai-5794.html
Looks like some of the same type of animation they used in Dogfights.
And they had Barrett Tillman, who also regularly apears on Dogfights.
Sakai, meanwhile, watched Pug's plane crash into the jungle, then headed off to find other American planes to attack. He soon found some, but was gravely wounded by an American tail gunner whose bullet went through the Zero's windshield and into his head. Barely conscious, Sakai somehow managed to make the harrowing, five-hour flight back to his base in Rabaul, keeping himself lucid along the way by irritating his own wounds.
The range and speed of Sakai's Zero (and a good bit of luck) allowed him to get the best of Pug Southerland in their spectacular dogfight, but had Pug's guns been working, he would likely have been able to shoot down the flimsy Zero. And shortly after Sakai shot down Pug, the limitations of his airplane were put clearly on display with devastating consequences when he was shot by a tail gunner from an American bomber. The tail gunner's .30 caliber bullet pierced the Zero's windshield and went through Sakai's eye and brain before exiting on the other side of his skull. If his Zero had been equipped with bulletproof glass, Sakai would likely have escaped unharmed.
Wounded and only semi-conscious, Sakai had little chance of surviving. But his skill -- and the extreme range of the lightweight Zero -- allowed him to fly all the way back to Rabaul with the little fuel he had remaining. Had he been flying any other contemporary fighter, he almost certainly would have perished. To this day, his flight is considered one of the most amazing feats in aviation history, and if not for his trusty Zero, none would ever have heard his account of the famous dogfight.
Yeah, it was a 'thumbs up'!
Um, I said a Wildcat, but as Kruska pointed out I don't think it was an identifcation pic.
help with this would be nice it flew over the other day and I want to say Transall C160 but its a little out of it's neighbourhood and it just doesn't look right to me