I was browsing through Lundstrom's The First Team, Pearl Harbor to Midway, and he he makes brief mention of a strike launched December 7, 1941 by the Enterprise that failed to find the Japanese fleet. This particular strike featured 6 SBDs of VB6 escorting TBDs. The interesting thing is that...
How come japan dive bomber aichi d3a2 could cary only one 250 kg. It has similar to Douglas SBD Dauntless parameters: 1300 hp engine, weight, other. SBD could cary almost 4 times more bombs.
250 kg was realy not enough to sink capital ships and carriers - kamikadze have similar load and...