by dcunning30 » Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:41 pm
Very interesting. What is reinforced is Wildcats must use energy tactics against the Zero.
Also, it is interesting that when Wildcats went after a Japanese bomber formation, it was noted if the Wildcats caused the Japanese officer's bomber to jettison it's bomb load, the other's will follow suit. So go after the officer's plane. I never knew this, but it makes perfect sense with what I do know about the culture in the Japanese military.
Also, what seems to American contradict bomber tactics in Europe, in the Pacific, if a bomber is wounded and begins to slow, the formation should slow with it. In Europe, if a bomber slowed, it got left behind.
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