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Originally Posted by mikeo80
I am curious.
Did the book discuss the Douglas TBD Devistator?
Outdated in 1941, destroyed in droves during Midway, but the death of the Devistators is credited with opening the window in the Zero CAP that allowed the Dauntless dive bombers to sink thee Japanese carriers in five-ten minutes.
Granted there were MANY tactical errors made by Nagumo during Midway.
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Admittedly, though, torpedo bombers had to fly low and slow for th emost part, and couldn't take defensive maneuvers until after they finished their (long( attack run -- everyone's torpedoes bombers were vulnerable to enemy fighters.
(IIRC, either all or all but one of the TBF Avengers used at Midway were also lost; a lot of this could be traced to the poor performance of the American air-dropped torpedo)