Originally Posted by
oldskoolwrench
The other one was the Battle of Midway. Desperately trying to locate the Japanese Main Fleet, running low on gas, the naval aviators of the carriers
Enterprise,
Hornet and
Yorktown crippled the IJN in the span of four minutes, eventually sending four of Japan's fast carriers to the bottom and effectively stopping their advance into the Pacific.
We have a winner!
Flying a SBD off the USS Enterpirse ( hull numberCV-6, by the way....) the morning of 4 June, 1942 is my other aviation wannabe moment.
"Those five minutes were to constitute one of the truly crucial 'moments of decision' which can be isolated in the whole course or warfare."
John Keegan
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(looking for a picture and not seeing it? Thank the Photobucket fiasco.PM me and I'll link it up.)
Last edited by top506; 05-16-12 at 08:56 PM.