Saburo Sakai vs 15 Hellcats

info from the book SAMURAI! by Saburo Sakai with Martin Caidin and Fred Saito

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Gaming

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• Saburo Sakai
• IL2 Sturmovik 1946
• Samurai
• WW2 flight sim
• Zero A6M2
• hellcats

[mazek858]

1:13 music from Chrono Cross?

[nashashmalchiel]

@mazek858 music is by Andreas Waldetoft, songs are Choose Your Path and East vs West from Europa Universalis III

[CapKorzeniowski]

"..it was very clear that these pilots weren't as good as their planes" ...- says it all...like it, like it;)

[nashashmalchiel]

@CapKorzeniowski  in the book during this fight he realizes the enemy pilots were as green as his own inexperienced fliers and that factor could save his life.

[sonoki82]

@CapKorzeniowski He was not fanatical, bloodthirsty, or racist. He was a humble man from a poor family. He squandered an opportunity at an elite high school, and he felt guilty and ashamed. After that, he tried to learn from his mistakes, joined the IJN and dedicated himself to doing a good job.He felt he was defending Japan, but did not enjoy killing. After the war, he became a pacifist and pledged never to kill another living thing. His daughter married a USAF pilot.

[starguard]

Snoopy should have fought HIM instead of the Red Baron :-)

[starguard]

Hitomi Tanaka would be Proud

[damnonii]

Saburo Sakai was a true hero for Japan during the war and deserves to be viewed as such by Americans as well. He did his duty just like our soldiers and pilots and did it with as much humanity and honor as possible under the conditions presented. I had several family members in both European and Pacific theaters and NONE of them talk bad about their old foes. Most men that fought on BOTH sides were no different than your own father or brother. Men just doing their duty.

[zberkut12]

i admire to you, real professional

[il2gambit]

Experts in a chaos ... good video and of course good skills!

[Myanleader]

These American were new pilots, this samurai trained pilot was the better by far.

Read his book.

[lemonite1]

@JPN850R Depends on what model Rei-sen Sen to ki you speak of, the original A6M2 type11 had 960hp. It was improved to 1000hp with the type 21. The A6m3 had a 2 stage supercharger Sakae21 and put out about 1200hp at 24,000ft. The A6m5 type 52 had a bigger supercharger with water/meth and increased bore that brought the engine to 1,400hp.

[TehRK4000]

@JPN850R

Also, take in consideration the diffrence in skill between Saburo Sakai and the american pilots. As he said himself, they were nowhere near as good as their planes.

[TehRK4000]

@JPN850R

You seem to not understand that the power of the engine does not make a plane maneuverable. The zero's wings provided much more lift at a lower speed, and it was way, way way lighter. If you tried to do a turn dogfight in any US aircraft during WW2 against a A6M plane, the A6M will outmaneuver each one. But as shown here, it's kind of hard to shoot down a plane even if you get behind it if you have 14 other hellcats chasing you while you line up your shot.

[JPN850R]

@Buemmo san,

Consider the motor output difference; 2,000HP(Hellcat) vs less than 1,000HP(Zeke).

The A6M series fighters were great planes, because the pilots were extremely skilled. With virtually no protection, many skilled pilots were shot down and it led to the victory of the U.S armed forces.

Later in his life, Sir. Saburo Sakai noted that P-51D Mustang (The U.S Army) was the best fighter that came out during the WWII.