The Hero of the Day 81 years ago today. - Battle of Midway
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Silent But Deadly - 7 June 1942
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Very interesting, thanks for posting. I wonder if the four hits on the bottom right carrier were from the same plane due to how concentrated they are?
one safe place said:
Very interesting, thanks for posting. I wonder if the four hits on the bottom right carrier were from the same plane due to how concentrated they are?
The names under the carrier are showing which pilots got the hits.
Thanks, sorry can't read the printing but can tell it was more than one plane.
The Dauntless carried a single bomb on its trapeeze bomb mount, so can't have come from the same aircraft.one safe place said:
Very interesting, thanks for posting. I wonder if the four hits on the bottom right carrier were from the same plane due to how concentrated they are?
Not sure which pilots but several made dummy attacks after they had made their attack runs to draw fire away from those that were making live runs.
Of course there was also the attacks by Torpedo 8 that drew the CAP down to sea level and was subsequently destroyed with one survivor; George Gay.
He was born in Waco and was Class of '40.
When he died of a heart attack in 1994 he was cremated and his ashes spread in the same location that his squadron mates rest.
Gay along with John Hilger '32 who was deputy commander of the Doolittle Raid during a campus visit in 1942
Of course there was also the attacks by Torpedo 8 that drew the CAP down to sea level and was subsequently destroyed with one survivor; George Gay.
He was born in Waco and was Class of '40.
When he died of a heart attack in 1994 he was cremated and his ashes spread in the same location that his squadron mates rest.
Gay along with John Hilger '32 who was deputy commander of the Doolittle Raid during a campus visit in 1942
If you look at the other three carriers, the pilots were almost certainly aiming at that big red meatball on the forward flight deck.JABQ04 said:one safe place said:
Very interesting, thanks for posting. I wonder if the four hits on the bottom right carrier were from the same plane due to how concentrated they are?
The names under the carrier are showing which pilots got the hits.
Makes a heck of a nice aim point.
one safe place said:
Very interesting, thanks for posting. I wonder if the four hits on the bottom right carrier were from the same plane due to how concentrated they are?
Nope
SBD Dauntless dive bombers did not carry 4 bombs
pretty sure at Midway they were all carrying one or two bombs
Bombing 6 or another squadron were testing their systems before the attack and their bombs fell out from their holds because our equipment was so @#$@#!!
here's the after action report from Dick Best, the character from the new movie "Midway" who was leading the SBD attacks
Bombing 6 Reports of Japanese attacks
The Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu were 4 of the 6 carriers assigned to the Pearl Harbor attack.
Dick Best was discharged after Midway bc the faulty Oxygen system on his plane messed up his lungs and he was medically disqualified from service.
Must have kind of sucked for him afterwards.
Must have kind of sucked for him afterwards.
Give credit to the opening attacks too. They went up and while their attacks were mostly ineffective they did disrupt the Japanese fleet. Also feel bad for the Marine fighter pilots that went up in a Buffalo going up against a Zero,
We were lucky, but I have often found that luck favors the brave.
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"mostly ineffective"Propane & Accessories said:
Give credit to the opening attacks too. They went up and while their attacks were mostly ineffective they did disrupt the Japanese fleet. Also feel bad for the Marine fighter pilots that went up in a Buffalo going up against a Zero,
from my count, there were 115 American planes which attacked the Japs BEFORE even a single hit on a carrier!!!
that is how utterly woeful our equipment and tactics and ability to mount raids was back in mid-42.
by the end of the war, we hit Yamato with FORTY NINE torpedoes and bombs in one raid!
What's the deal with the two water hits on the Akagi? They saying those were so close they caused damage to the hull?
Yes, the concussive effects of 1,000 or 500 pounds of explosive going off in water near or adjacent to a ship's hull can cause serious damage like buckling plating (causing flooding) or shock damage to ships systems.MaxPower said:
What's the deal with the two water hits on the Akagi? They saying those were so close they caused damage to the hull?
The Lexington had its electric drive motors knocked out due to this type of damage (shock damage from bomb hits).
I first met George Gay at Harlingen Texas in 1986 at the CAF air show. I was in the CAF and had a L-6 in the air show. He was attending the show and was out on the flight line and I was by my plane and he saw my Aggie ring and introduced himself.
I was really taken aback as I knew of George Gay but could not believe he was standing there shooting the bull with me.
We became friends and kept up with one another until his death.
He gave me a nice print that he signed for me of his plane. Pretty special as he signed it "Ens. George Gay Class of '39 Gig Em."
If I knew how to post pics I would.
You said class of 40? Maybe he was class of '39 but got out in 40?
I was really taken aback as I knew of George Gay but could not believe he was standing there shooting the bull with me.
We became friends and kept up with one another until his death.
He gave me a nice print that he signed for me of his plane. Pretty special as he signed it "Ens. George Gay Class of '39 Gig Em."
If I knew how to post pics I would.
You said class of 40? Maybe he was class of '39 but got out in 40?
Gunny456 said:
I first met George Gay at Harlingen Texas in 1986 at the CAF air show. I was in the CAF and had a L-6 in the air show. He was attending the show and was out on the flight line and I was by my plane and he saw my Aggie ring and introduced himself.
I was really taken aback as I knew of George Gay but could not believe he was standing there shooting the bull with me.
We became friends and kept up with one another until his death.
He gave me a nice print that he signed for me of his plane. Pretty special as he signed it "Ens. George Gay Class of '39 Gig Em."
If I knew how to post pics I would.
You said class of 40? Maybe he was class of '39 but got out in 40?
Your source of information is way better than mine!