Airyx[_2_]
September 17th 15, 04:49 PM
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 1:15:50 AM UTC-5, jonathan wrote:
> When I was looking up my dad's war history one
> article about his unit had several mistakes
> that seemed deliberate to prevent the enemy
> from gleaning anything. From reading the article
> below I get the impression the military releases
> what it wants the enemy to hear.
>
> The only high altitude heavy bomber attack
> against a Japanese fleet that I know about
> didn't go well at all for our side.
If I remember correctly, there were two attempts at using B-17s to bomb the Japanese fleet as they approached Midway, and neither achieved a single hit. The pilots reported several hits, but in reality there was only one near-miss on a destroyer.
However, after the their carriers were smashed, a small group of cruisers were sent to shell Midway during the night. They were then called back, and were attacked by a submarine. The sub didn't hit anything, but two light cruisers collided.
As they were limping away, B-17s took a run at them. I'm pretty sure one of the escorting destroyers took a direct hit from a B-17 dropped bomb (that was intended for the Mogami). I remember because the two destroyers that were escorting the Mogami had almost identical names...and there is a picture of it taken from the B-17.
> When I was looking up my dad's war history one
> article about his unit had several mistakes
> that seemed deliberate to prevent the enemy
> from gleaning anything. From reading the article
> below I get the impression the military releases
> what it wants the enemy to hear.
>
> The only high altitude heavy bomber attack
> against a Japanese fleet that I know about
> didn't go well at all for our side.
If I remember correctly, there were two attempts at using B-17s to bomb the Japanese fleet as they approached Midway, and neither achieved a single hit. The pilots reported several hits, but in reality there was only one near-miss on a destroyer.
However, after the their carriers were smashed, a small group of cruisers were sent to shell Midway during the night. They were then called back, and were attacked by a submarine. The sub didn't hit anything, but two light cruisers collided.
As they were limping away, B-17s took a run at them. I'm pretty sure one of the escorting destroyers took a direct hit from a B-17 dropped bomb (that was intended for the Mogami). I remember because the two destroyers that were escorting the Mogami had almost identical names...and there is a picture of it taken from the B-17.