Saturday, June 21, 2014

What were the names of the planes that the Japanese use to bomb pearl harbor?

What were the names of the planes that the Japanese use to bomb pearl harbor?
Kate torpedo planes, Val dive bombers, and Zero fighters. For fighting at sea; dive bombers destroy the warships anti-aircraft guns which enables the torpedo planes to make their torpedo runs into the hull of the target.Torpedo planes have to fly directly into the warships guns. For anti-aircraft gun crews, the oncoming torpedo plane is flying directly into them, the gun-crews don't have to adjust or aim...just point at a dot (the plane) that is getting bigger and bigger (easier and easier to hit) as it gets closer. Which is why the dive bomber is so important; it must eliminate those guns.The Zero fighters escort the torpedo & dive bombers to and from the target. The fighters protect the bombers; and if not needed for aerial combat (dog-fighting), the fighters will join in on the attack...strafing targets with machinegun and cannon fire.

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