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Usage examples of zeros.

The Marines at Ewa saw a Dauntless which was probably his, in a twisting, swirling, low altitude mix-up with two or three Zeros, fixed and free guns all firing at once.

It was agreed that Gray would keep his Wildcats high to preserve the altitude advantage he needed against the agile Zeros, and, at the same time, provide protection for the dive bombers.

At quarter past three they saw bomb splashes rise white close astern of the carrier and, looking up, saw the tiny, dark blue shapes of two Avengers in a horizontal bombing run at 12,000 feet In another minute angry Zeros jumped the two scouts and they headed home.

But it was not a match for the Zeros that swarmed over Oahu that December morning.

Deacon used up all his ammunition in another hopeless dogfight with the murderous Zeros and then, with a wounded leg and a shot-up aircraft, glided for Hickam Field.

Zeros to each Devastator and a Zero could outfight a Wildcat The TBDs at full throttle were making 120 knots, the Zeros flashed in and out at two and three times that speed during all the long minutes of the approach.

The torpedo squadrons which had been slaughtered at noon were not here to draw the Zeros down, and the enemy pilots would be furious and desperate at this threat to the only deck left to land on.

Six Zeros were climbing to intercept, guns winking, the late sun bright on the brown-green wings with their red disks.

They flew at first from cloud to cloud, avoiding the Zeros, and then pulled up and settled down to navigate.

He found I no Wildcats but four Zeros instead, and in a swirling melee I of brown-bodied, yellow-winged fighters, with the horizon I usually vertical, the sea frequently above and vision re-!

A dozen pilots that the Zeros and the AA in as many actions had failed to touch died in their bunks that afternoon of a shot fired from beneath the sea.

Always there were the enemy ships, with their curling wakes and climbing tracers, always the Zeros to dodge.

Lee and Johnson turned their Dauntlesses into fighters with guns at both ends, and in a wrapped-up, heavy-gutted, low-altitude swirl of wings and props and stringing tracers, with the horizon usually vertical and the ocean frequently overhead, shot down three of the overconfident Zeros before ducking into the friendly cumulus.

And as the bombs fell away the AA came up and the Zeros closed from all directions.

So with the Zeros still attacking, and Garlow doggedly giving them burst for burst, he opened up on his radio and announced the two hits, giving position, course and speed of the enemy force.