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6/10/2025, 6:55:21 PM
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I said it was a biased source, but is he wrong about the European theater aviators using the wrong tactic of trying to dogfight zeros?
Is it wrong about the losses? Wiki says the allies lost 14 fighters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Darwin_(2_May_1943)#:~:text=The%20Japanese%20raid%20on%20Darwin,little%20damage%20on%20the%20ground.
And I did say the Japanese had a two fold issue of building better fighters AT SCALE, they were stuck adapting the zero because they literally could not switch production lines, and the newer fighters, in small numbers they did build were "too hot" for the newbie pilots. That's why they did that retarded shuttle bombing plan for the Philipean sea battle, they did not trust the new pilots to even be able to land on a carrier deck, although they were almost all killed before that even became an issue. The big issue with japanese naval aviation was their training process was too selective, they kicked out everyone who was not perfect, and ground them down to nothing, it works well if you are building an elite cadre in peace time, but terrible in high intensity war. Also they lacked the fuel for training. This is all from the Ian Toll books which is a much more reliable source.
I said it was a biased source, but is he wrong about the European theater aviators using the wrong tactic of trying to dogfight zeros?
Is it wrong about the losses? Wiki says the allies lost 14 fighters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Darwin_(2_May_1943)#:~:text=The%20Japanese%20raid%20on%20Darwin,little%20damage%20on%20the%20ground.
And I did say the Japanese had a two fold issue of building better fighters AT SCALE, they were stuck adapting the zero because they literally could not switch production lines, and the newer fighters, in small numbers they did build were "too hot" for the newbie pilots. That's why they did that retarded shuttle bombing plan for the Philipean sea battle, they did not trust the new pilots to even be able to land on a carrier deck, although they were almost all killed before that even became an issue. The big issue with japanese naval aviation was their training process was too selective, they kicked out everyone who was not perfect, and ground them down to nothing, it works well if you are building an elite cadre in peace time, but terrible in high intensity war. Also they lacked the fuel for training. This is all from the Ian Toll books which is a much more reliable source.
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