February 27th, 2008, 05:07 AM
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Re: Iwo Jima
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Originally Posted by mac_bolan00
question, during the air battle wherein the japanese lost 40 zeros out of 80 on the frist engagement, 20 out of 40 on the second, and 11 out of 20 on the third, what were the comparative losses for the carrier-based hellcats?
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I don't have the stats yet but I can bet you it was way less then the 71 Japanese aircraft you stated.
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