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Compared to

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the torpedo bombers , which arrived

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just flying just a few dozen feet above

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the water for their bombing runs . The

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dive bombers arrived over the Japanese

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fleet out to just several 1000 ft and

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they were able to make visual contact

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with the Japanese fleet . Line up their

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bombing runs and make their runs where

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they go up and then they turn into

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their dive and line up the aircraft

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itself with the flight deck of the

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japanese carriers . Yeah , at

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this point in the war , most carriers

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did not have armored decks . So these

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these bombs were extremely effective in

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penetrating the decks , exploding below

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decks in the hangars , which contained

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all of the ammunition and the fuel .

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The american planes were able to

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mortally wound three of the Japanese

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carriers right away . Mm hmm .

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Yeah .