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The Army Bombers That Attacked the Japanese Fleet and Helped Turn the Tide at Midway

The Army Bombers That Attacked the Japanese Fleet and Helped Turn the Tide at Midway

During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew believed it was a suicide attack — years before Japan’s own “kamikaze” missions began. U.S. Army B-26 Bombers at Midway On the morning of June 4, 1942, four U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauders […]