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Morison, Samuel Eliot (1953), New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944 – August 1944, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, vol. VIII Polmar, Norman (2008), Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, 1946–2006 , vol. II, Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, pp. 377–400, ISBN 978-1 ...
The IJN fleet, with carriers virtually stripped of aircraft after Spruance's "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" in the Philippine Sea, was sent as a decoy to lure Halsey's powerful fleet away from other IJN forces so that the latter could successfully assault American landings at Leyte Gulf.
2 Asashio-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): Michishio, Yamagumo 2 Kagerō-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): Nowaki, Hamakaze 2 Yūgumo-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): Hayashimo, Akishimo 4 Shiratsuyu-class (5 × 5 in. main battery): Shiratsuyu (sunk following collision with Seiyo Maru 14 June), Shigure, Samidare, Harusame (sunk by air attack 8 June)
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The XXI Bomber Command was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in the Mariana Islands for strategic bombing during World War II.. The command was established at Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas on 1 March 1944.
In this 2-day air struggle, the Japanese fleet lost 395 (92%) of its carrier planes, 31 (72%) of its float planes, and an estimated 50 land-based planes. During the famed "Marianas Turkey Shoot", as the Navy fondly termed it, Hickox was in on the kill of at least five aircraft and also rescued three splashed fliers. Japanese naval air never ...
The Marianas Turkey Shoot, June 19–20, 1944: Carrier Battle in the Philippine Sea (Phalanx Pub. Co., 1994) ISBN 1883809045; Pushing the Envelope: The Career of Test Pilot Marion Carl (1994) (with MajGen Marion E. Carl, USMC (Ret.)) Reissued in 2005 by Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557501165; Wildcat Aces of World War II (1995) ISBN 1855324865
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