P-40B akukhulupirira kuti ndiye yekhayo amene wapulumuka pa kuwukira kwa Pearl Harbor. Pali nkhani zambiri zandege komanso zowoneka zachilendo mlengalenga mozungulira nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse, koma mwina palibe zodabwitsa monga "ndege ya Pearl Harbor." Pa Disembala 8, 1942, pafupifupi chaka chimodzi tsiku lotsatira kuukiridwa kwa Pearl Harbor - ndege yosadziwika idatengedwa pa radar kulunjika ku Pearl Harbor kuchokera ku Japan.
Ndege zaku US pomwe zidatumizidwa kuti zikafufuze, adawona kuti ndege yachinsinsiyo inali Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, mtundu womwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi asitikali aku America poteteza Pearl Harbor ndipo sanagwiritsepo ntchito kuyambira pamenepo. Anati ndege inali yodzaza ndi mauna a zipolopolo, komanso kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo amatha kuwoneka mkati, wamagazi komanso atagona m'chipindacho, ngakhale akuti amaponyera ndege zina pang'ono P-40 isanagwe. Komabe, magulu osakirawo sanapeze chiphalaphalacho. Ndege yonse idangotayika ndi woyendetsa ndege.
Maganizo a Radar
Pa Disembala 8, 1942, patadutsa chaka kuchokera pomwe ku Pearl Harbor kunachitika, radar ku United States idayamba kuwerenga mosazolowereka. Ndege yomwe imawoneka ngati ndege ikupita ku America kuchokera ku Japan. Oyendetsa ma radar amadziwa kuti izi sizinali ndi chizolowezi chilichonse chazomwe zimachitika mlengalenga. Mlengalenga kunachita mitambo, kunali madzulo kwambiri, ndipo sipanachitikepo zinthu ngati izi.
Omenyana Anathamanga
Oyendetsa ndege awiri aku America adatumizidwa kukayendetsa ndege yodabwitsa. Atayandikira ndegeyo adabwezeretsa wailesi pansi kuti afotokozere kuti ndegeyo inali P-40 ndipo inali ndi zolemba zomwe sizinagwiritsidwepo ntchito kuyambira pomwe ku Pearl Harbor kunachitika. Atayandikira pafupi ndi malondawo adadabwa kupeza ndege yodzaza ndi zipolopolo ili ndi zida zotsetsereka. Chifukwa chododometsedwa ndi momwe ndege yomwe ili motere imatha kuwuluka, adazindikira kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo waponyedwa m'chipindacho, suti yake yothamanga ili ndi magazi atsopano. Atasuzumira pazenera woyendetsa ndegeyo adakweza pang'ono, natembenukira mbali yawo, ndikumwetulira ndikupereka funde lofatsa kwa omwe anali nawo. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono chinsinsi chodabwitsacho chidatsika kuchokera kumwamba ndikuphwanya pansi ndikubangula.
Umboni Pomwe Pamachitika Ngozi
Asitikali aku America adazaza pamalowo koma sanapeze woyendetsa ndege kapena umboni woti anali ndani. Komanso sanapeze zilembo zodziwika bwino kuchokera mundege. Koma, adapeza chikalata chomwe chimaganiziridwa kuti ndi zotsalira za diary ina. Kuchokera m'kaunduyu, ofufuza adatha kuzindikira kuti ndegeyo iyenera kuti idachokera pachilumba cha Mindanao, chomwe chili pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 1,300. Nkhani yonseyi ndichinsinsi.
Kufotokozera Kotheka
Ena amaganiza kuti ntchitoyi mwina idagwetsedwa patadutsa chaka chimodzi ndipo woyendetsa ndegeyo adatha kukhala yekha kuthengo. Akadakhala atatenga mbali zina kuchokera ndege zina zotsika, kukonza ndege yake, ndikutha kuyendetsa njira kubwerera kudziko lakwawo mtunda wopitilira makilomita 1000. Zomwe samatha kufotokoza, ndi momwe ndege yolemetsa ya P-40 ikadatha kunyamuka popanda kuthandizidwa ndi mtundu uliwonse wamagalimoto.
