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Japanese Fighters Couldn’t Explain One “Recon Mustang” — Until 7 Planes Fell in 6 Minutes

Why Japanese fighters couldn’t explain one “recon Mustang” over Luzon — and what made a pilot trained to avoid dogfights choose to attack a larger formation anyway.

January 11, 1945. Two American photo-recon P-51s are supposed to grab film and get out—because the film is the mission. But when a Japanese bomber with escorts appears ahead, the usual escape routes start closing fast, and “playing it safe” begins to look like a trap.

Major William A. Shomo isn’t supposed to fight like a hunter. He’s supposed to survive like a courier. Yet in a few violent minutes, the sky turns into a math problem where hesitation is fatal—and Shomo commits to a decision recon doctrine is built to prevent.

This is the true WWII story of the “support” pilot who refused to run… before anyone knew what that choice would cost—or what it would produce.

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