One of our favorite stories to tell on our tour is the amazing tale of Ken Taylor and George Welch taking to the skies over Ewa Marine Corp Base to fight back against Japanese Zero fighters and high level bomber aircraft.
In an artists depiction above, Ken & George soar over Pearl Harbor and follow Japanese Zero's towards Kaena Point on the Westside of the island. They are officially credited with shooting down four enemy aircraft apiece that morning during the attack, but do you know the real number of aircraft they took down?
Ken Taylor came on our Home of the Brave Victory Tour in the early 90's and told us the truth about how many planes they shot down on December 7, 1941. To be officially credited with shooting down another aircraft you have to have visual verification of the kill. Ken & George were waging battles over the Pacific miles off the coast and many of their tallys were not counted. Ken told us how he actually shot down SIX enemy aircraft and George show down EIGHT!
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