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HISTORY
Airacobras of the 80th FS at Fourteen Mile Drome, fourteen miles from Port Moresby in the fall of 1942. The pilot with the cigarette in his mouth is William Brown, who shot
down two Zeros during the raid of August 26th, 1942. The other pilot in this shot is 2nd Lt. Charles R. Able, who also had some success during this raid, when he damaged another
Zero, although this was not during the actual raid proper, but rather on the return trip to their home eld. In any case, Able was one of four pilots that were ultimately forced to
leave the formation due to damage to their own airplanes. In this case, it was due to the loss of a cockpit entry door. In the background, behind the plane coded ‘A’, is Airacobra
coded ‘Y’, the subject of the ProPACK release of the P-400 kit. Noteworthy is the nonstandard black spinner and the kill mark ahead of the code ‘Y’. In the case of this Airacobra,
the marking was applied to both sides of the nose.
Every 80thFS Airacobra carried a large, yellow letter on the side of the fuselage ahead of the
cockpit entry door. As can be seen in the photograph, 80th FS Airacobras could (but not always)
carry a tactical number on the tail surface as well. The white number on the tail appeared on
Airacobras acquired from the 39th FS. The rear section of the Airacobra in the background of
this photo belongs to the main subject of the newly released ProPACK kit of the P-400. One
of the 80th FS’s longest serving pilots, Norbert Ru, is posing on the wing.
Between the 25th and 29th of August, 1942, the Americans
conducted four aerial raids against the Japanese aireld situated
near the village of Buna, during which the attacking 80th and 41st
FS Airacobras were credited with the destruction of eleven Zeros
in air combat, and another nine on the ground. The Americans
conceded the loss of one Airacobra, without, however, the loss of
the pilot. The successes of these raids signicantly inuenced the
course of air combat over New Guinea for the next several months.
This was also helped by the fact that the Japanese were compelled
to withdraw their elite Tainan Kokutai from New Guinea to Rabaul
at the end of August, 1942. The unit was replaced on New Guinea
by the newly transferred 2nd Kokutai, which began combat ops
from Buna on August 22nd, 1942, and the above mention raids
severely limited their combat eectiveness, considering that
the unit initially had around thirty A6M3 Model 32 Hamps at its
disposal, more commonly known by the reporting name of Zero.
When pilots of the 80th FS strapped into their Airacobras on the
morning of August 26, they had completed their rst month of
combat duty in the defense of Port Moresby, but without a single
victory over a Japanese aircraft to the unit’s credit. This was
partially due to the decrease in Japanese air force activity at the
time. Even more signicant factors were the relative inexperience
of the pilots and the limited performance of the Airacobra at
higher altitudes, from which the Japanese bomber assets tended
to attack Port Moresby. Even on this rainy morning, there was
really nothing to suggest that the cards were about to change in
the 80th FS’s favor. From the group of ten Airacobras slated to y
the mission, almost half were pulled o the roster due to technical
issues, including the unit CO, Capt. Philip Grasley. As a result, the
planned mission would be own by just six airplanes. The mission
was taken over by Capt. William Brown, and maybe because of
this turn of events, the unit took o on an incorrect heading.
The rst to realize the mistake was 2nd Lt. Daniel Roberts, ying
Brown’s wing, and as the formation was increasingly heading o
course, radio silence was broken in order to inform his CO of what
had been happening. Brown promptly corrected the navigational
error, and it was at this moment that the 80th FS fortunes would
turn for the better. Thanks to the aforementioned problems, the
formation of six Airacobras approached the Japanese base from
an unexpected direction. Adding to the misfortune of the taking
o Japanese, the timing of the attack couldn’t have been worse.
Three Zeros began gaining altitude, while another three had just
left the runway. The rst encounter between the two sides led
to Zero kills recorded by Capt. William Brown, 2nd Lt. Daniel
Roberts, Lt. George T. Helveston and 2nd Lt. Gerald T. Rogers.
Brown and Rogers each downed another after a quick turn back
into the ght in a head on attack, while 2nd Lt. Leonidas S. Maters
damaged a third, and Lt. Noel Lundy, bringing up the rear of the
Airacobra group, also was involved. On the Japanese side, lost
were Petty Ocer 1st Class Takeichi Iwase and Petty Ocer 3rd
Class Taizo Ibara. Flight P/O 3c Kiyoshi Nakono was also lost, while
Ensign Kazuo Tsonuda managed to force land his stricken aircraft,
coded Q-102, on the aireld’s landing strip. Member of the Tainan
Kokutai, Petty Ocer 2nd Class Ichirobei Yamazaki, needed to be
evacuated to Rabaul due to his injuries, and subsequently back
BUNA
František Šrédl
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