Paul J. Adam ) wrote:
: In message ,
: Mike1 writes
: Carrier aircraft could have flown to land-based fields, refueled there,
: then attacked the Jap carriers as they approached.

: Consider how effective US aviation was against IJN forces in early 1942.
: No chance of a Midway Moment (catching carriers in the midst of a
: mission change), however bravely the USN crews try to press their
: attacks.

: Subs may have also have been able to intercept.

: And if they get to fire, and hit, so what? They're at the start of the
: learning curve of "why don't USN torpedoes work?" in December 1941.

Not to mention that USN practice against fleet units was to
fire on sonar indications. The realization that the IJN wasn't
really good at ASW would come later.


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David Benjamin