Jim Downey
speaker
621 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
Jim Downey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appearances
The Japanese bombers, or Bettys, try to break away and escape.
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The American pilots run into a bit of trouble.
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Besby Holmes pulls the handle to drop his auxiliary tanks.
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He yanks again.
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The tanks won't budge.
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He has to break hard from the attack and go into a violent dive to tear them loose.
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His wingman, Raymond Hine, stays with him, meaning only Tom Lanphier and Rex Barber attack the Bettys.
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What happens next depends on whom you ask.
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Tom will later claim that he banks in from the right and blasts off Yamamoto's wing.
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Rex will say it's his own fire from directly behind the Betty that does the job.
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No matter who makes the killing blow, both Bettys are soon smoking and falling.
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With one target crashing into the jungle on Bougainville and the other into the sea, the pilots leave their dogfights and head for safety back at base.
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Yes, they got him.
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The man who planned the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor is himself killed via surprise attack on the one year anniversary of the Doolittle raid.
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John Mitchell tells his men to break away, saying, Mission accomplished.
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The crash has no survivors.
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Admiral Yamamoto's remains are found days later, reportedly still in his seat.
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gripping his sword.
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Killed, it appears, before the plane ever went down.
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The information is kept in a tight circle of officers at first, but word gets out and spreads quickly.
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