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McClusky had been a fighter pilot prior to becoming Air Group Commander and was very familiar with dive bombing doctrine, as was Best. McClusky's decision to lead his squadron in attacking the closer Kaga was in keeping with doctrine that stated it was the commander on the scene that could make the decision as to what target to bomb.
The Japanese fighters are drawn down to wave-top altitude by the low-flying torpedo planes, leaving them out of position when dive-bombers from Enterprise and Yorktown arrive. As the Japanese prepare to launch their second wave, the American bombers attack and reduce three of the Japanese carriers – Kaga , Sōryū and Akagi – to burning wrecks.
A group photo of the American dive bomber pilots of VB-6 from Enterprise, three of whom fatally damaged Akagi. Best is sitting in the center of the front row. The other two who attacked Akagi with Best were Edwin J. Kroeger (standing, eighth from the left) and Frederick T. Weber (standing, sixth from the right). [8]
Chuichi Nagumo Deck scene on carrier Akagi in Indian Ocean Carrier Kaga showing small superstructure and downward pointing funnel Carrier Hiryu on fire after US air attacks at Midway Carrier Soryu pre-war Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighter Aichi D3A "Val" dive bomber NakajimaB5N "Kate" torpedo bomber
07:55 16 dive bombers of the U.S. Navy (from Midway I.) attack; 08:10 15 B-17s (from Midway Islands) attack; 08:20 11 bombers of the U.S. Navy (from Midway I.) attack; 08:20 "The enemy is accompanied by what appears to be a carrier" by Tone No. 4. 09:06 12 torpedo bombers, 17 dive bombers, 6 Wildcats take off (Yorktown) 09:10 Tomonaga's strike ...
The SBD Shipborne Dive Bomber; Aero-Web.org: SBD-5 Dauntless; Boeing history of SBD Dauntless Divebomber; Douglas SBD Dauntless onboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum near Charleston, SC "Diving Artillery" , April 1942, Popular Science article on the first U.S. Army A-24 unit, with rare photos of the A-24
Norman Jack "Dusty" Kleiss (March 7, 1916 – April 22, 2016) was a dive-bomber pilot in the United States Navy during World War II. He was the only pilot to hit three Japanese ships with bombs during the Battle of Midway .
Then U.S. dive bombers from Spruance's Enterprise flew to Nagumo's fleet of four carriers – which, fatefully, were without air cover. Most of Nagumo's attack planes had just returned from the first strike on Midway and were immobilized in the carrier hangars, while his combat air patrol cover planes were engaged with battling torpedo bombers ...