Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Attack on Pearl Harbor
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===Second wave composition=== [[File:B5N2 Bomber "Kate" Over Hickam Field.jpg|thumb|Second wave B5N2 Bomber ''Kate'' Over Hickam Field]] [[File:Message pertaining to the attack on Pearl Harbor. - NARA - 296806.jpg|thumb|This message, in response to the question "Is channel clear?" denotes the first U.S. ship, relates to orders for {{USS|St. Louis|CL-49|2}} to clear [[Pearl Harbor]]. It is now housed with the [[National Archives and Records Administration]]]] The second planned wave consisted of 171 planes: 54 B5Ns, 81 D3As, and 36 A6Ms, commanded by [[Lieutenant-Commander]] [[Shigekazu Shimazaki]].<ref name="IJN"/> Four planes failed to launch because of technical difficulties.<ref name="DiGiulian OOB" /> This wave and its targets also comprised three groups of planes:<ref name="IJN"/> *'''1st Group''' β 54 B5Ns armed with {{cvt|550|lb|kg|0}} and {{cvt|132|lb|kg}} general-purpose bombs<ref name="navsource-ijnaf" /> **27 B5Ns β aircraft and hangars on Kaneohe, Ford Island, and Barbers Point **27 B5Ns β hangars and aircraft on Hickam Field *'''2nd Group''' (targets: aircraft carriers and cruisers) **78 D3As armed with {{cvt|550|lb|kg|0}} general-purpose bombs, in four sections (3 aborted) *'''3rd Group''' β (targets: aircraft at Ford Island, Hickam Field, Wheeler Field, Barber's Point, Kaneohe) **35 A6Ms for defense and strafing (1 aborted) The second wave was divided into three groups. One was tasked to attack KΔne{{okina}}ohe, the rest Pearl Harbor proper. The separate sections arrived at the attack point almost simultaneously from several directions.
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Attack on Pearl Harbor
(section)
Add topic