Midway 1942 by Mark Stille

Author:Mark Stille
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Midway 1942: Turning point in the Pacific
ISBN: 9781780969947
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

THE CARRIER BATTLE OF JUNE 4

Throughout the day, there was a calm breeze. This forced both sides to steam into the wind (to the southeast) at high speed to get sufficient wind over the deck to launch aircraft. This meant that the American carriers had to conduct flight operations by steaming away from the Japanese, thus increasing the distance their strike aircraft were required to fly to their targets. On the other hand, the Japanese had the potential advantage of generally steaming toward their targets while conducting flight operations.

At 0430hrs, the American carriers were some 200 miles north-northeast of Midway. As a precaution, Fletcher launched ten scout dive-bombers from Yorktown to perform reconnaissance to his north out to 100 miles. Fletcher’s major advantage during the day was that he could rely on Midway to conduct the bulk of his reconnaissance. After launching his scouts, Fletcher headed to the northeast.

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