![]() A Shot Across the Bow The B-26 Marauder Torpedo Attack at Midway by Roy Grinnell June 4, 1942, 7:10 am, 150 miles northwest of Midway Atoll. Moments
after releasing a torpedo at the Japanese carrier Akagi, the B-26 Marauder
“Susie-Q” thunders down the carrier’s flight deck, grazing
the bridge. Lt. James P. Muri, of the Army Air Force’s 22nd Bomb
Group, pilots his craft across the ship in an attempt to escape the gauntlet
of fire unleashed by the enemy surface fleet and swarming Zero fighters.
The dramatic torpedo attack by Army B-26 Marauders of the 22nd and 38th
Bomb Groups and the Navy TBF Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 8, forced Japanese
Admiral Nagumo to alter his battle plan, a decision that set the stage
for the incredible American Victory at the Battle of Midway. |