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Who got Saburo Sakai?
Hi guys
Indeed, according to his recollection of this engagement in Zero by Okumiya and Horikoshi, Sakai mentions that he mistook the American aircraft for fighters (no specific type mentioned) and thus attempted a below and behind attack as he had done three times before when he claimed at least two victories in each attack. He mentions that the American formation closed ranks as he approached which he interpreted as them not seeing him (if they were fighters they would have loosed formation). He then states that he belatedly noticed that they were TBF torpedo bombers and had run into a trap. I hope this helps somewhat and interesting post.
Horrido!
Leo
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