When a P40 Battled 15 Japanese Fighters
Follow and Wishlist our game on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606970/Brass_Rain/ 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 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-f2WBfSCZiu0bOBydjot3w/join Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/yarnhub Check out our exclusive merch https://yarnhub-shop.fourthwall.com Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/yarnhub-1087778019822813334 Burma Banshees on a mission Three flights of Zeroes vs Curtiss P-40s 4 planes vs Adair 5 Zeroes hunt for Adair O’Connor on the horizon 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.