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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1684850" data-attributes="member: 3144">Bell P-400 Aircobra "Sun Setter", 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th FG., Fifth US Airforce at Milne Bay, New Guinea.September 1942 - February 1943.The P-400 was an unusual design: a 20mm cannon fired through the propeller hub in the nose: the engine was located behind the cockpit and it featured a tricycle landing gear. The central location of the heavy Allison V-1710 engine helped to stabilise the plane.Standing on the wing is Captain Philip Rasmussen.On the morning of 7th of December 1941, as a Second Lieutenant of the 46th Pursuit Squadron based at Wheeler Field on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, he was one of the few pilots to get off the ground during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awakened by the air-raid, and ran from the officers mess strapping on his .45 Colt, clad only in his purple silk pyjamas, he jumped into a surviving Curtiss P-36 Hawk and taxied to a revetment at the edge of the airfield, where he joined three other pilots also preparing undamaged P-36 fighters. The pilots took off under fire, and were directed by radio toward Kaneohe Bay where they engaged 11 Japanese fighters in battle. After shooting down one Japanese aircraft, Rasmussen was attacked by two Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighters. Gunfire and 20mm cannon shells shattered the canopy, destroyed the radio and severed the P-36's hydraulic lines and rudder cable. Rasmussen sought refuge in nearby cloud cover and began flying back toward Wheeler Field. He landed the P-36 without brakes, rudder or tailwheel, and with more than 500 bullet holes. Major Rasmussen would go on to fly P47s over the Pacific earning Oak leaf clusters to his Silver Star (awarded at Wheeler Field), and continue serving with the air-force until retiring in 1965 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Sadly Philip M, Rasmussen passed away on April 30th 2005.(Colourised by Leo Determann from the Netherlands)<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10628675_575609215902208_1518615411564141639_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

Verificación: Libertador de Argentina