A6M2-N Rufe - 'Floatplane Zero' in the Aleutian Campaign (Part 2)

After the Americans built an airfield on the island of Adak, their single engine fighters P-39 and P-40 were able to escort bombers all the way to the Japanese stronghold on Kiska Island. This was a real turning point in the Aleutians campaign but the Japanese were still determined not to allow the Americans to kick them out easily. A6M2-N 'Rufe' pilots were still able to hit hard and a number of American planes fell as their victims. Sources: John Haile Cloe - The Aleutian Warriors: A History of the 11th Air Force & Fleet Air Wing 4, https://amzn.to/4bjGyai Krzysztof Janowicz - A6M2-N Rufe https://amzn.to/42qNIWl Brian Garfield - Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians https://amzn.to/496NRkm Report from the Aleutians | 1943 Authentic Colour Film    • Report from the Aleutians | 1943 Authentic...   Support the channel on Patreon:   / showtime112   Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/showt... Join our Discord server:   / discord   Thumbnail by SPACER https://www.deviantart.com/spacer-bat... "Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... ^#militaryaviation #militaryaviationhistory #zerofighter