For what it is worth, I found the YouTube video about this. The vet's name is Jack Faulls, aboard LCS-51, steaming next to USS Laffey during a battle...
I remember one TV show where a WW II vet said that a round hit the bomb under a Japanese plane. The plane of course blew up and shrapnel hit the...
Some US fighters had 20 mm cannon. I believe the P-38, some Hellcats and Corsairs. But, I have read that the US did have production problems with 20...
Would that have helped B-17s protect themselves from fighters? Many of the fighters they were up against had 20 mm cannon. I wonder to if the 8th Air...
Thx for pointing out the info
From what I have read about the Type 93 (Long Lance), it was very long range, but had the disadvantage of going off during an attack. This would sink...
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