A6M5 from 'Junyo' - Battle of the Philippine Sea

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Great painting

Dave, to an extent what you say is true....there would be doubt in every mans mind. However, as a gneralization, the aviators in Ozawas command were confident of victory. Even after the disasters of that day, Ozawa believed he had inflicted great dmage on the US carrier forces. He got this erroneous information mostly from the returning airmen. There was a widespread assumption that the land based air units were working over the US carriers, to finish the job started by the carrier air groups
 
Wow. Thanks for all the positive feedback!

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I actually do this pretty much full time these days. I'm doing a series for the Wings Museum in Surrey, UK for their grand reopening in March: P-63, "Kate", B-25, "Oscar", and A-20 - all from the North Pacific Front at the end of WW2.

- Ron
 
Lovely picture! If this were an original photograph, the cruiser would be evidence that our accounts of the battle are incomplete as it is clearly one of Haguro or Myoko, which are generally believed to have accompanied Ozawa's force, Taiho, Zuikaku and Shokaku, rather than Joshima's Junyo and Hiyo. However, here we clearly have a Myoko rather than Mogami alongside Junyo.

Happy New Year and beware of pedants!
 
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