I also had read that after "After the Battle of Tassafaronga they formed a scouting squadron from the SOC Seagulls that no longer had a viable heavy cruiser from which to operate. Some of them were shot down by fighters from Henderson field"

Maybe they looked to much like Mitsubishi F1M "Pete"s.

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