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On the morning hours of Oct 24, 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea amidst the Philippine Islands, VT-18, a close-knit squadron of six young North american torpedo bomber pilots, departed the airplane carrier USS Intrepid on a search and damage mission. Their goal: the super-battleship Musashi, the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with protecting against the immense enemy warship and the huge naval armada which she was a component from inflicting unspeakable harm on the transports and supply ships that were promoting the American amphibious landings within near by Leyte Gulf. Little does these teenagers know that they had embarked on the starting rounds of history's most significant - and previous - epic naval fight. Two bomber crews launched in the first wave of attackers were shot from the sky. Only pilot Will Fletcher survived the crash getting. Adrift at sea, Will made his way to land and escaped into the jungles of the Philippines, where he eluded catch by japan by using Filipino guerrillas and became a member of their rates against their common enemy. Intrepid Aviators is the fascinating true storyline of the daring bomber pilots, their daring duel with the Musashi, and Will Fletcher's struggle to make it through as a guerrilla soldier. The sinking of Musashi inflicted an essential blow in the Struggle of Leyte Gulf, and would indicate the very first time ever sold that aviators experienced sunk a Japanese battleship on the high seas.
