Japan's Desperate Last Dogfight

Follow and Wishlist our game on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/36... August 15th, 1945. Lt Howard ‘Howdy’ Harrison leads a flight of six F6F Hellcats on a fighter sweep of Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo, on the very last day of the Second World War. Just as they are about to attack, they receive news that Japan has surrendered and the war is over. However, in the skies above them, the war is not over for the Japanese fighter ace Lt Yutaka Morioka (森岡 豊). A one-armed veteran pilot of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Morioka ignores the ceasefire and leads the Japanese fighters into the final battle against the Americans, in what becomes the last dogfight of WW2. Historical sources: Wukowits, John (2019). Dogfight Over Tokyo: The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men To Die In World War II Izawa, Yasuho & Holmes, Tony (2016). J2M Raiden and N1K1/2 Shiden/Shiden-Kai Aces Tillman, Barrett (16/12/2025). “Last Air Battles of World War II”. HistoryNet https://www.historynet.com/last-air-b.... Hit join to become a member and get exclusive perks    / @yarnhub   Support us on Patreon   / yarnhub   Check out our exclusive merch https://yarnhub-shop.fourthwall.com Join us on Discord   / discord   00:00 F6F Hellcats approach Atsugi Airfield 00:53 Japanese ambush Hellcats 02:47 F6F Hellcat locks on A6M Zero 05:23 Americans down Japanese fighters 06:13 Lt.(jg) Sahloff and Ens. Mandeberg under heavy fire 08:15 Lt. Harrison & Ens. Hobbs ambushed by Lt. Morioka’s squadron 10:33 Surviving US pilots reach USS Yorktown 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 – 2026, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.