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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle
Japanese subs did not carry the 93 BTW.
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They carried the Type 95, which was basically a smaller version of the Type 93.
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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle
Another myth about Midway....the Japanese aviator losses in that battle were not as high as commonly assumed.
In fact the losses from Santa Cruz and the Eastern Solomons were actually higher.
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Shows the challenge in attacking an USN carrier force. The combination between AA fire, CAP and low level attacks is pretty harsh. Hiryū's two strike forces against Yorktown (Kobayashi and Tomonaga) lost 48 airmen in their attacks. Total aircrew losses of the Japanese side at Midway was 110.