RIP Lt. Francis Ferry, a Helldiver pilot who helped sink the IJN Yamato

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Learned this a few days ago. Lieutenant Francis Ferry, a SB2C Helldiver pilot from the carrier USS Bennington who helped sink the battleship IJN Yamato, died last December at the age of 102.

 

Ferry was interviewed for an episode of the epic show Dogfights Death of the Japanese Navy