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To: yarddog
As it turned out the long range high flying Army bombers had no effect on the Japanese fleet.

Which I don't understand

Along with the carrier attack, why didn't the army launch a full scale B-17 and B-24 assault from Midway and carpet bomb the Jap fleet?

75 posted on 06/03/2012 8:09:06 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: qam1

I am not sure how many planes were in the attack but I think they did attempt something like that but I would guess the Japanese kept their ships far enough apart so any attack would have been against only one ship.


76 posted on 06/03/2012 8:17:17 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: qam1

I am not sure how many planes were in the attack but I think they did attempt something like that but I would guess the Japanese kept their ships far enough apart so any attack would have been against only one ship.


77 posted on 06/03/2012 8:17:51 PM PDT by yarddog
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