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"Vanishing American Air Superiority"
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:51:20 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote: On Mar 23, 11:21*am, Chris wrote: On Mar 23, 12:55*am, -did-not-set--mail-host-address-- so-tickle-me wrote: I'm not sure, maybe you know: I assumed the Japanese were good until they lost their best attack and dive bomber pilots; and this problem was It's hard to say precisely: but looking at losses, the Japanese lost somewhere between 100 and 150 carrier qual'd aircrew at each of the first couple of carrier battles. The Guadalcanal campaign as a whole cost the Japanese Navy over 2800 planes, though, so you can see that it would be where the majority of the pre-war elite died. Defending fighters breaking up attacks would be the norm anywhere I suppose, regardless of how well-trained the attacking pilots are. What is impressive about the Japanese early war aircrew is that defending fighters often didn't break up the attacks, even when they were in a position to intercept. Examine the Hiryu's airgroup pair of attacks on Yorktown at Midway and notice that despite intense losses, on both occasions the crews got in and hit their targets and did their damage. Chris Manteuffel The relevance is if known Japanese experience predicts how well the Germans might have done against the RN. To what extent had the skilled attack pilots been lost during the BoB? nothing from nothing leaves nothing Peter Skelton |
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