Saburo Sakai

[Stig Jarlevik]

Frank

In your claims by US Navy you list VF-50 as making a huge number of claims off Iwo Jima. Bataan must be a slip of the pen, right??

Cheers
Stig

[Frank Olynyk]

Stig,
VF-50 was based on CVL-29 Bataan from April to July 1944. They were no where near the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.

I have edited my initial post to hopefully add some clarity.

Or have I misunderstood your question?

Enjoy!

Frank.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Aha

So you meant the vessel. That explains it.

Cheers
Stig

[twocee]

In his Action Report Adm. J.J. Clark notes that TG58.1 claims for enemy aircraft destroyed on 24 June, 114, exceeded those for the 19th (the day of the so-called Turkey Shoot), 109.

[knusel]

The upcoming OSPREY volume will feature the Zero aces of the first half of the Pacific War. I assume these are much more numerous than the Zero aces of the second half of the Pacific War which will be be featured in a later volume.

Who do you think is the most successful A6M ace by officially confirmed victories (not necessarily verified by losses; shared counted as decimals) notwithstanding that it's difficult to talk about 'officially confirmed' Japanese kills.
Sakai ? Nishizawa ? Sugita ? Iwamoto ?

Have a nice evening,

Michael