Battle Of Midway Casualties List
16 reconnaissance floatplanes most of them short ranged 5 aichi e13a 10 nakajima e8n 1 aichi e11a footnotes.
Battle of midway casualties list. The marine corps casualty cards list five units in mag22 or 2ndmaw hqsqn vmf221 vmf222 vmsb231 and vmsb241. Japan had won many battles after pearl harbor and thus they were very strong in the pacific. 1 total destroyers lost. And japan that took place between 4th and 7th of june 1942.
The battle of midway was a naval battle between the u s. The american victory effectively ended japan s ability to prosecute an offensive war in the pacific. Just over 300 american service members were lost in the battle vs over 3000 japanese lost. It s believed the heavy losses in carriers and veteran aircrews at midway permanently weakened the imperial japanese navy leading to their ultimate downfall.
Akagi hiryu kaga soryu cruisers. 4 total cruisers lost. 0 total destroyers lost. Uss hammann total carriers lost.
Including those who died of wounds the casualty cards appear to total 45 men killed or mia compared with the monograph total of 49. Losses in the battle of midway june 3 7 1942 ships sunk ships sunk carriers. 0 total carriers lost. This was about 6 months after japan bombed pearl harbor.
Also lost the battleship uss yorktown the destroyer uss hammann and 145 aircraft. These figures include 21 operational zero fighters of the 6th air group being ferried to midway by the carriers japanese battleships and cruisers. The only survivors of mount hood s 318 man crew were a shore party of 18 sailors who saw a flash from the harbor followed by two. Lost the yorktown the destroyer uss hammann 145 aircraft and suffered 307 casualties.
Battle of midway june 3 6 1942 world war ii naval battle fought almost entirely with aircraft in which the united states destroyed japan s first line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots.