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Outnumbered 9-to-1: The P-47 Pilot Who Rewrote Air Combat in the Pacific.

In October 1943, Colonel Neil Kirby led just four P-47 Thunderbolts into the heart of Japan’s strongest air defenses over New Guinea—and emerged with six confirmed kills in a single mission. His high-altitude dive-and-zoom tactics proved the massive Thunderbolt could dominate Japanese fighters despite being outnumbered nine to one. The mission earned him the Medal of Honor and permanently changed American fighter doctrine in the Pacific. But months later, Kirby broke his own rule—never make a second low-altitude pass. That single decision ended the life of one of America’s greatest fighter tacticians and sealed his place in aviation history.