All Events begin at 9:30pm Eastern time in SEA II.
Events will be 45 to 60 mins in length. Fields will remain open the whole time! Most events will represent a historical 2-4 plane match up in varying environments. All are welcome to attend. No registration, sign up or squad affiliation needed. Simply show up, read the Arena Message, choose a side and plane then get ready to fight!Yamamoto's DespairTo boost morale following Guadalcanal, Yamamoto decided to make an inspection tour throughout the South Pacific. On 14 April 1943, the US naval intelligence effort, code-named "Magic", intercepted and decrypted a message containing specific details regarding Yamamoto's tour, including arrival and departure times and locations, as well as the number and types of planes that would transport and accompany him on the journey. Yamamoto, the itinerary revealed, would be flying from Rabaul to Ballalae Airfield, on an island near Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, on the morning of 18 April. American pilots flying P-38 Lightenings from the 339th Fighter Squadron were tasked with shooting down Yamamotos aircraft and the aircraft carrying his staff. Launching an early morning the mission the Americans pilots flew 430 miles to the rendezvous point at wave top level.
