USS BUSH (DD 529)

Downed Japanese Torpedo Bomber

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Downed Japanese Torpedo Bomber Smoking remains of Japanese torpedo bomber (known as a "Betty") shot down by the USS BUSH the morning of November 1, 1944 in the Surigao Straits, off Leyte Island, Philippines.

Ship's Log read: "0946-Betty burst into flames and crashed into water about 100 yards off the port quarter."

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