Dogfights: Zero Killer : Hamilton McWhorter

Clip from History Channel's great new show Dogfights. From Zero Killer episode, shows part of story of Hellcat Ace Hamilton McWhorter.
Be sure to watch the History Channel, & don't forget that you can buy the complete episodes on DVD from history.com

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[FloyedRose335]

ok why would we show any German or Japanese victories... They were our enemies! Hey i got a great idea, lets have a t.v. show that shows japs an nazi's killing us... Yea that sounds good.

[YouT00ber]

lol!

[YouT00ber]

@fadugleman but i took out the commercials. see? huge effort!

[FabiogtwZZ]

@FloyedRose335 yup it does, what you typed jus shows how brain washed you are lol

[jonbklyn380]

@FloyedRose335 i saw a vietnam movie that show than how they won war.dud in english.

[menacingshadows]

These anti American brit cunts want to see us die, but they are so irrational incompetent they want us to make it.

[althesmith]

The Zero did not have all that powerful an engine, so they made it as lightweight as possible. Meaning no armour, no self-sealing tanks, and wings that couldn't put up with high speed. It had decent speed, good climb and maneuverability and decent armament, but only 60 rnds for its cannon, about 4-5 secs firing time I think. Once those cannon shells were used up it had no more firepower than a WW1 fighter.

[talkingmonkey1000]

how come that japs or german alway get bad luck.

[marauder247]

This show was made 60+ years after the end of WW II. Very few German or Japanese aces were still living (very few survived the war because of the Axis did not rotate frontline pilots like the Allies did). So you'd have to track down the survivors and convince them to talk to a foreign production crew producing a foreign language program.

[CUong218]

@FloyedRose335 this show is on history channel. History is not biased; neither is this show.

[886lulubelle]

19 to 1 is a hell of an air to air kill ratio!! Even for today it is unsurpassed!!!

Good ole Grumman Iron Works!!! F6F The Hammer Hellcat!!!

[gbuscg]

@darrenmicallef6 But Claire Chennault had given them all the specs on the Zero,before 7Dec..Even the late Tex Hill saw the report sent to Washington.They hated Chennault so it was probably round filed.To spite him how many pilots and aircraft did we lose? I remember seeing a photo of a zero with Chineses markings sitting next to a P-40C with AVG insignia.I would bet Claire flew it,I also bet he probably stole it off a Jap Air Field.Knowing his early career as "Flying Trapeze" AAF air demo team.