{"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-pilota-del-p40-di-pearl-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/george-welch-pearl-harbor-p40-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Il pilota che si oppose a Pearl Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>Il cielo sopra Pearl Harbor la mattina del 7 dicembre 1941 apparteneva quasi interamente agli attaccanti. Quasi. Mentre le corazzate bruciavano e la maggior parte degli aerei americani veniva distrutta a terra, una manciata di piloti riusc\u00ec a decollare e a contrattaccare. Il pi\u00f9 abile di loro fu un tenente di 23 anni di nome George Welch.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ancora in smoking dopo una festa durata tutta la notte, Welch guid\u00f2 attraverso il caos fino a una piccola pista di atterraggio ausiliaria, decoll\u00f2 nel bel mezzo del raid e abbatt\u00e9 quattro aerei nemici. Fu una delle poche vittorie americane di quella mattina catastrofica.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><h3 style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:0\">Informazioni rapide<\/h3><ul style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.9\">\r\n<li><strong>Chi:<\/strong> George S. Welch (1918-1954), pilota da caccia dell&#039;aeronautica militare statunitense e in seguito pilota collaudatore.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>7 dicembre 1941:<\/strong> decoll\u00f2 da Haleiwa a bordo di un Curtiss P-40 con Kenneth Taylor durante l&#039;attacco di Pearl Harbor.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Crediti:<\/strong> quattro aerei giapponesi abbattuti quella mattina<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Premio:<\/strong> Croce al Merito (non \u00e8 stata appoggiata la candidatura alla Medaglia d&#039;Onore)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Documentazione relativa alla Seconda Guerra Mondiale:<\/strong> un asso con 16 vittorie attraverso il Pacifico<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Dopoguerra:<\/strong> Capo pilota collaudatore per North American Aviation \u2014 F-86 Sabre e F-100 Super Sabre<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Morto:<\/strong> 12 ottobre 1954, collaudo di un F-100A Super Sabre<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Uno smoking, un P-40 e un bel po&#039; di coraggio.<\/h2>\r\n<p>Welch e il suo amico Kenneth Taylor avevano passato tutta la notte a ballare quando iniziarono a cadere le bombe. Invece di mettersi al riparo, telefonarono al piccolo campo di Haleiwa, sulla costa settentrionale di Oahu, dove alcuni caccia P-40 erano appostati lontano dagli obiettivi principali, e si precipitarono l\u00ec in auto sotto il fuoco nemico.<\/p>\r\n<p>In volo e armato solo di mitragliatrici calibro fucile, Welch si lanci\u00f2 contro le formazioni di aerei giapponesi sopra Oahu in due sortite, atterrando per rifornirsi tra una e l&#039;altra, mentre l&#039;attacco infuriava ancora. Alla fine della mattinata gli furono accreditate quattro vittorie.<\/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, fotografato dopo Pearl Harbor. Gli furono attribuite quattro uccisioni la mattina del 7 dicembre 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&quot;Al diavolo tutto questo.&quot;\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>George Welch<\/strong> \u2014 Pilota dell&#039;USAAF, a cui fu ordinato di disperdersi anzich\u00e9 decollare il 7 dicembre 1941 (tramite Gordon Prange, &quot;At Dawn We Slept&quot;)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Medaglia negata<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il generale Hap Arnold, comandante di Welch, lo raccomand\u00f2 per la Medal of Honor. La richiesta, secondo la storia, gli fu negata perch\u00e9 Welch si era allontanato senza ordini. Ricevette invece la Distinguished Service Cross e in seguito divenne un asso dell&#039;aviazione con 16 vittorie nel Pacifico, prima che la malaria ponesse fine alla sua carriera di combattimento.<\/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 North American F-86 Sabre\" 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, il caccia il cui prototipo fu collaudato da George Welch dopo la guerra. Foto: US Navy \/ 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>\u201c&quot;Beh, ha 1200 libbre di corazza Allison.&quot;\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>George Welch<\/strong> \u2014 asso, alla domanda su cosa gli piacesse del P-39 Airacobra (tramite Corey Jordan)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">La fine del pilota collaudatore<\/h2>\r\n<p>Dopo la guerra Welch divenne pilota collaudatore per la North American Aviation, pilotando il prototipo del <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/aerei\/f-86-sabre\/\">F-86 Sabre<\/a> e in seguito l&#039;F-100 Super Sabre. Circola da tempo una storia, non provata e contestata da altri piloti, secondo cui Welch potrebbe aver spinto l&#039;XP-86 oltre la velocit\u00e0 del suono in picchiata settimane prima del record ufficiale di Chuck Yeager; Welch non lo rivendic\u00f2 mai personalmente, e rimane una leggenda piuttosto che un fatto. Nell&#039;ottobre del 1954 la sua fortuna fin\u00ec: un F-100A si disintegr\u00f2 durante una picchiata di prova ad alta velocit\u00e0, e l&#039;uomo che era sopravvissuto a Pearl Harbor perse la vita.<\/p>\r\n<p>Viene ricordato soprattutto per una singola mattinata: il pilota che, contro ogni previsione, ha reagito.<\/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\">Fonti: Wikipedia; Gordon Prange, &quot;At Dawn We Slept&quot;; This Day in Aviation; History.com. L&#039;affermazione sul volo supersonico precedente a Yeager viene presentata come una storia controversa e non provata.<\/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\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/the-curtiss-p-40-warhawk-and-the-flying-tigers\/\">Il Curtiss P-40 Warhawk e le Tigri Volanti<\/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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