{"id":7707248,"date":"2026-07-29T09:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/george-welch-pearl-harbor-p40-pilot\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:24:56","slug":"george-welch-piloto-del-p-40-en-pearl-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/george-welch-pearl-harbor-p40-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"El piloto que luch\u00f3 en Pearl Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>El cielo sobre Pearl Harbor la ma\u00f1ana del 7 de diciembre de 1941 pertenec\u00eda casi por completo a los atacantes. Casi. Mientras los acorazados ard\u00edan y la mayor\u00eda de los aviones estadounidenses eran destruidos en tierra, un pu\u00f1ado de pilotos logr\u00f3 despegar y contraatacar. El m\u00e1s exitoso de ellos fue un teniente de 23 a\u00f1os llamado George Welch.<\/p>\r\n<p>A\u00fan con su esmoquin de una fiesta que dur\u00f3 toda la noche, Welch condujo a trav\u00e9s del caos hasta una peque\u00f1a pista de aterrizaje auxiliar, despeg\u00f3 en medio del ataque y derrib\u00f3 cuatro aviones enemigos. Fue una de las pocas victorias estadounidenses de aquella ma\u00f1ana catastr\u00f3fica.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><h3 style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:0\">Datos r\u00e1pidos<\/h3><ul style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.9\">\r\n<li><strong>OMS:<\/strong> George S. Welch (1918-1954), piloto de caza de la USAAF y posteriormente piloto de pruebas.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>7 de diciembre de 1941:<\/strong> Despeg\u00f3 de Haleiwa en un Curtiss P-40 con Kenneth Taylor durante el ataque a Pearl Harbor.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Cr\u00e9ditos:<\/strong> cuatro aviones japoneses fueron derribados esa ma\u00f1ana.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Otorgar:<\/strong> Cruz por Servicio Distinguido (no se aprob\u00f3 la nominaci\u00f3n a la Medalla de Honor).<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Historial de la Segunda Guerra Mundial:<\/strong> un as con 16 victorias en todo el Pac\u00edfico<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>De la posguerra:<\/strong> Piloto de pruebas jefe de North American Aviation: F-86 Sabre y F-100 Super Sabre<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fallecido:<\/strong> 12 de octubre de 1954, probando un F-100A Super Sabre<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un esmoquin, un P-40 y mucho valor.<\/h2>\r\n<p>Welch y su amigo Kenneth Taylor hab\u00edan pasado toda la noche bailando cuando comenzaron a caer las bombas. En lugar de buscar refugio, llamaron por tel\u00e9fono al peque\u00f1o campo de Haleiwa, en la costa norte de Oahu, donde algunos cazas P-40 se encontraban alejados de los objetivos principales, y se dirigieron r\u00e1pidamente en coche bajo fuego de ametrallamiento.<\/p>\r\n<p>En pleno vuelo y armado \u00fanicamente con ametralladoras de calibre de fusil, Welch se adentr\u00f3 en formaciones de aviones japoneses sobre Oahu en dos incursiones, aterrizando para rearmarse entre medias, mientras el ataque a\u00fan continuaba. Al final de la ma\u00f1ana, se le atribuyeron cuatro derribos.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=2060751096  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/george-welch.jpg\" alt=\"George Welch\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">George Welch, fotografiado tras el ataque a Pearl Harbor. Se le atribuyen cuatro derribos en la ma\u00f1ana del 7 de diciembre de 1941. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201c\u00a1Al diablo con eso!\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>George Welch<\/strong> \u2014 Piloto de la USAAF, al que se le orden\u00f3 dispersarse en lugar de despegar el 7 de diciembre de 1941 (seg\u00fan Gordon Prange, &quot;At Dawn We Slept&quot;)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Se neg\u00f3 una medalla<\/h2>\r\n<p>Seg\u00fan se cuenta, el general al mando de Welch, Hap Arnold, lo recomend\u00f3 para la Medalla de Honor. Al parecer, le fue denegada porque Welch hab\u00eda despegado sin \u00f3rdenes. En su lugar, recibi\u00f3 la Cruz por Servicio Distinguido y lleg\u00f3 a ser un as de la aviaci\u00f3n con 16 victorias en el Pac\u00edfico antes de que la malaria pusiera fin a su carrera de combate.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1385416901  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/f-86-sabre.jpg\" alt=\"Un F-86 Sabre norteamericano\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Un North American F-86 Sabre, el caza cuyo prototipo George Welch prob\u00f3 despu\u00e9s de la guerra. Foto: Marina de los EE. UU. \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cBueno, tiene 1200 libras de blindaje Allison.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>George Welch<\/strong> \u2014 as, al preguntarle qu\u00e9 le gustaba del P-39 Airacobra (v\u00eda Corey Jordan)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">El final del piloto de pruebas<\/h2>\r\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de la guerra, Welch se convirti\u00f3 en piloto de pruebas para North American Aviation, volando el prototipo del <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/aeronave\/f-86-sabre\/\">F-86 Sabre<\/a> y m\u00e1s tarde el F-100 Super Sabre. Existe una historia que se ha mantenido durante mucho tiempo \u2014sin probar y cuestionada por otros pilotos\u2014 de que Welch pudo haber llevado el XP-86 m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la velocidad del sonido en un picado semanas antes del r\u00e9cord oficial de Chuck Yeager; Welch nunca lo afirm\u00f3, y sigue siendo una leyenda m\u00e1s que un hecho. En octubre de 1954, su suerte finalmente se acab\u00f3: un F-100A se desintegr\u00f3 durante un picado de prueba a alta velocidad, y el hombre que hab\u00eda sobrevivido a Pearl Harbor muri\u00f3.<\/p>\r\n<p>Se le recuerda sobre todo por una sola ma\u00f1ana: el piloto que, contra todo pron\u00f3stico, luch\u00f3 hasta el final.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zSvYxH6gqMc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pWNe0A9A6XA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin-top:8px\">Fuentes: Wikipedia; Gordon Prange, &quot;At Dawn We Slept&quot;; This Day in Aviation; History.com. La afirmaci\u00f3n sobre el vuelo supers\u00f3nico anterior a Yeager se presenta como una historia controvertida y no probada.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/the-curtiss-p-40-warhawk-and-the-flying-tigers\/\">El Curtiss P-40 Warhawk y los Flying Tigers<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sky over Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941 belonged almost entirely to the attackers. Almost. While battleships burned and most American aircraft were destroyed on the ground, a handful of pilots managed to get airborne and fight back. The most successful of them was a 23-year-old lieutenant named George Welch. 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