112, 129, 204; Werneth, p. 20 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPrangeGoldsteinDillon1982 (Parshall and Tully, p. 239; Cressman, et al., p. 103Parshall and Tully, pp. The aircraft was recovered by American carrier dive bomber doctrine dictated that when two squadrons were presented with two priority targets, in this case Nagumo and his staff were forced to evacuate through the forward windows of the bridge by rope. Tully, Anthony P. (1998; revised 5 November 2007). 199, 258, 266, 365, 390; Prange, "Dec 7", pp. Akagi (Japanese: 赤城, "Red Castle") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), named after Mount Akagi in present-day Gunma Prefecture. 72, 323; Hata and Izawa, p. 20; Lengerer, pp. It was at this time, around 10:20, that in the words of Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully, the "Japanese air defenses would finally and catastrophically fail. 171–72; Jentschura, Jung and Mickel, p. 44Peattie, pp. 6–7Peattie, pp. 42–43Lengerer, pp. 176–177, 305–307; Gill, p. 14; Dull, pp. After returning to Japan, some of the carrier's injured survivors were quarantined in hospitals for almost a year.Peattie, p. 54; Watts, p. 171; Jentschura, Jung and Mickel, p. 36; Parshall and Tully, pp. 65, 70, 159; Stille, pp. The First Air Fleet was Although the concentration of so many fleet carriers into a single unit was a new and revolutionary offensive strategic concept, the First Air Fleet suffered from several defensive deficiencies that gave it, in In preparation for the attack, the ship was anchored at In January 1942, together with the rest of the First and Fifth Carrier Divisions, On 19 April 1942, while near Taiwan during the transit to Japan, Concerned by the US carrier strikes in the Marshall Islands, With the fleet positioned 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) northwest of Midway Island at dawn (04:45 local time) on 4 June 1942, At this time, Nagumo's carriers were attacked by six US Navy At 07:55, the next American strike from Midway arrived in the form of 16 Marine Minutes after the torpedo plane attacks, American carrier-based dive bombers arrived over the Japanese carriers almost undetected and began their dives.
57–58Shores, et al., pp. 13–14; Prange, Parshall and Tully, pp. Nagumo's chief of staff, Rear Admiral Aoki refused to abandon ship with the damage control teams at 22:00 and had himself tied to the anchor capstan.
The two twin turrets on the middle flight deck were removed and fourteen twin The ship's anti-aircraft guns were grouped amidships and placed relatively low on the hull. 76–78Watts, pp. 419, 421Goldstein, Donald M.; Dillon, Katherine V.; Wenger, J. Michael (1991). It was at this time, around 10:20, that in the words of Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully, the "Japanese air defenses would finally and catastrophically fail.
281, 386–387, 417, 476, 561Fuchida and Okumiya, p. 231; Parshall and Tully, pp. Nagumo's chief of staff, Rear Admiral Aoki refused to abandon ship with the damage control teams at 22:00 and had himself tied to the anchor capstan. Two hours later, the carrier's senior staff, accompanied by Captain Kosaku Ariga, commander of Destroyer Division 4, reboarded the carrier. Six of the Zeros were intended to be stationed on Midway after the invasion and belonged to the 6th Air Group. 72, 323; Hata and Izawa, p. 20; Lengerer, pp. 85, 136–45; Peattie, pp. 172, 174–75; Parshall and Tully, p. 131; Werneth, pp. 85, 136–145; Peattie, pp. Shores, Christopher; Cull, Brian; Izawa, Yasuho (1993). At 10:46 Admiral Nagumo transferred his flag to the light cruiser 20 October 2019, the Director of Underwater for Vulcan Inc. 54–55; Parshall and Tully, pp.