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US Pilots Uncover Fatal Design Flaw in Captured Betty Bomber – Why No Fuel Tank Protection?

On January 31, 1945, American engineers made a discovery that would completely change the way the world understood Japanese military aviation. At Clark Air Base in the Philippines, a captured Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber was found — and what they discovered inside revealed a fatal design flaw that cost thousands of lives.

The G4M Betty, one of the most feared aircraft by the U.S. Air Force, had unprotected fuel tanks — a surprising and strategic choice by Japanese engineers who prioritized range over crew protection. But this choice, which seemed to provide a significant advantage in the early stages of the war, ultimately became a death sentence for thousands of Japanese airmen.

In this video, we explore how the risky strategy behind the Betty’s design contributed to Japan's initial supremacy in the Pacific skies, but also to its inevitable downfall in the face of the growing power of the Allied forces. Discover how the bomber that helped sink British battleships and devastated Clark Field was, in fact, a vulnerable heart, soon to be exploited by increasingly lethal tactics from American pilots.

From Guadalcanal to Yamamoto, through the Battle of the Bismarck Sea and the kamikaze Ohka missions, this is the story of the G4M Betty's fatal flaw — and how it redefined the course of the Second World War in the Pacific.

Watch now and discover how the fatal design flaw in one of Japan's most powerful aircraft led to the deaths of thousands of its own crews and the ultimate defeat of the Japanese empire.

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