Intrepid Aviators

The true story of the World War II Pacific naval battle that pitted the USS Intrepid ’s naval aviators against Japan’s superbattleship Musashi during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. October 24, 1944: As World War II raged, six young American bombers from Torpedo Squadron 18 were sent on a search-and-destroy mission in the Sibuyan Sea. Their target: the superbattleship Musashi , the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with preventing the immense enemy warship from inflicting dam