YAMAMOTO'S END

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1945, Page 5

YAMAMOTO'S END

FULL STORY TOLD

Admiral's Trip Known Through

Solving Of Jap Code

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NEW YORK, Sept. 10.

American intelligence broke the Jap code, and deatn resulted, in April, 1943, for Admiral Yamamoto, Com-mander-in-Chief of , the Japanese Navy. The code was cracked in March or April, 1943, South Pacific Headquarters , knew in advance what time Yamamoto would leave Truk, in the Carolines, and arrive at Buka, Bougainville, leave Buka for KahilL in the Solomons, or Ballafalso, and it knew what route he would be following. , Six Lightning pilots volunteered to make a direct attack, while other Lightnings acted as decoys to drawoff Yamamoto's Zeros. The Americans flew to the rendezvous with

the admiral, who arrived, as was anticipated, in a convoy of two bombers escorted by 20 Zeros. The decoys flying .at 18,000 ft, tried to lure off the Zeros, but the enemy would not be tempted. Two Lightnings peeled off at 24 000 ft and vertically dived through fhe decoys direct to the bombers, not knowing which held Yamamoto nWp American almost collided with ?he firs? bomber and gave it a long burst He pulled up just as the ffif?Tailhatics to escape the vengeful Zeros. MmmME sword. '