Since Gen Short had clumped all the planes together and had no pilots on stand by and the Navy was entirely asleep (except for Halsey’s Carriers) it wouldn’t have made the slightest bit of difference.
R.I.P.
Also, the Zero’s with highly experienced pilots far out matched and out numbered our green pilots and their P-40’s The Zero’s would have made short work of them. All those pilots lived to fight another day and in better planes.