going by memory, the Enterprise bombers jumped Kaga, the coincidentally arriving Yorktown bombers jumped Soryu,
then Richard Best observed the overkill on Kaga, broke off with two wingmen and jumped Akagi, and Best’s bomb landed among the parked bombers and their ordnance in the hangar.
Hiryu escaped until late afternoon because she was the furthest north of the 4 Japanese carriers.
Yes it was a feeding frenzy on Kaga, but thank God for Richard Best.
“No one held his dive longer than Dick Best” — Shattered Sword
Of course, God has watched out for the United States from Plymouth Rock onward
Nice detail, dayum!
Yup.
“God has watched out for the United States from Plymouth Rock onward”
He seems to have gone to sleep sometime around 2008.