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When This B-29 Destroyed 14 Japanese Fighters - Two Had Already Rammed It

Why B-29 gunners kept fighting after being rammed twice during WW2 — and scored 14 aerial victories in a single mission. This World War 2 story reveals how one Superfortress crew achieved the highest single-mission kill count in the Pacific theater. January 27, 1945. B-29 Superfortress A-Square-52, 497th Bombardment Group, climbed through twenty-eight thousand feet over the Pacific toward Tokyo. Japanese fighters scrambled to intercept. Two Ki-44 interceptors deliberately rammed the bomber, destroying both right-side engines and the number one engine on the left. Standard doctrine said a B-29 with three engines destroyed should abort immediately — or wouldn't survive at all. Every commander expected the crippled bomber to fall. Intelligence officers called it a combat loss. They were all wrong. What A-Square-52's gunners discovered that morning wasn't about superior firepower. It was about coordinated fire control in a way that contradicted everything crews had been taught about defensive gunnery after catastrophic damage. By the end of what became known as the "fourteen-kill mission," other B-29 crews started understanding that proper turret coordination could deliver lethal defensive fire even with failing hydraulics and partial crew. The question wasn't whether they could fight back. The question was whether they could make it home. This achievement — fourteen confirmed kills by a single bomber in one mission — remains the highest documented total in the Pacific War. What happened next would test whether coordinated defensive fire alone could save a crew facing 1,500 miles of open ocean with catastrophic damage and dwindling options ‎🔔 Subscribe for more untold WW2 stories:     / @Since1940s ‎👍 Like this video if you learned something new ‎💬 Comment below: What other WW2 tactics should we cover? ‎ ‎#worldwar2​ #ww2history​ #ww2​ #wwii​ #ww2records​ ‎ ‎⚠️ Disclaimer: This is entertainment storytelling based on WW2 events from internet sources. While we aim for engaging narratives, some details may be inaccurate. This is not an academic source. For verified history, consult professional historians and archives. Watch responsibly.