According to the legends, the day was December of 1942, a year and a day after the Japanese sneak attack that launched the United States into World War II. The American Navy was on guard at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Published accounts say that radar contact was made with an incoming aircraft, and fearing another attack, fighter planes were scrambled to intercept it.
But instead of an attacking Japanese b0mber, they encountered a ghost fighter: a pre-war American aircraft, shot to pieces, with its pilot apparently de@d at the controls. It lost altitude and crashed in a field, but rescue crews found no trace of the pilot's body. It is said to be one of the strangest mysteries from the war.
The complete lack of landing gear — which is very different than shot-up or damaged landing gear — posed the toughest puzzle and made this story unique. Many say that it was a group of POWs managing to scrap together a plane out of multiple parts, while others call it off as an urban legend and propaganda.
But instead of an attacking Japanese b0mber, they encountered a ghost fighter: a pre-war American aircraft, shot to pieces, with its pilot apparently de@d at the controls. It lost altitude and crashed in a field, but rescue crews found no trace of the pilot's body. It is said to be one of the strangest mysteries from the war.
The complete lack of landing gear — which is very different than shot-up or damaged landing gear — posed the toughest puzzle and made this story unique. Many say that it was a group of POWs managing to scrap together a plane out of multiple parts, while others call it off as an urban legend and propaganda.
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