After the Americans built an airfield on the island of Adak, their single engine fighters P39 and P40 were able to escort bombers all the way to the Japanese stronghold on Kiska Island. This was a real turning point in the Aleutians campaign but the Japanese were still determined not to allow the Americans to kick them out easily. A6M2N 'Rufe' pilots were still able to hit hard and a number of American planes fell as their victims.


Sources:
John Haile Cloe The Aleutian Warriors: A History of the 11th Air Force & Fleet Air Wing 4,
https://amzn.to/4bjGyai

Krzysztof Janowicz A6M2N Rufe
https://amzn.to/42qNIWl

Brian Garfield ThousandMile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians
https://amzn.to/496NRkm

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