 Maawa mashomanene pashure pokurwisa kweJapan Pearl Harbor pana December 7, 1941, vaJapan vakatanga kurwisa nendege maguta anoverengeka uye zvivako zvemauto eU.S. muPhilippines pana December 8, uye pana December 10, mauto okutanga echiJapan akadzika muNorthern Luzon. MuPhilippine mutyairi wendege Kaputeni Jesús A. Villamor, achitungamirira ndege yevatatu P-26 Peashooter varwi ve6th Pursuit Squadron, akazviratidza nekurwisa maumbirwo maviri evavengi e27 ndege imwe neimwe uye achidonhedza Zero yeJapan yepamusoro, iyo yaakapihwa nayo US Distinguished Service Cross. Dzimwe ndege mbiri dzakanga dziri parwendo irworwo, dzaifambiswa naVatsigiri César Basa naGeronimo Aclan, dzakapfurwa. 