The first japanese carriers had a large Hinomaru painted on their flight decks to ease identification, but they also had the unintended effect of serving as convenient targets for american dive bombers.
Similar experiences also happened to Balkenkreuz painted on german vehicles and the white star painted on american vehicles.
The first japanese carriers had a large Hinomaru painted on their flight decks to ease identification, but they also had the unintended effect of serving as convenient targets for american dive bombers.
Similar experiences also happened to Balkenkreuz painted on german vehicles and the white star painted on american vehicles.
ah, the problem of identification marks.
probably better for morale is your troops get killed by the enemy and not by friendlies though.
Don't put me together with 5th Carrier Division's kidsBattle of MidwayAim for that Hinomaru!KanColle worldHistorical Kaga-san, EndJust to make sure you won't misidentify meWe're not going to make a miss like the 5th Carrier DivisionWhat is that ?Kaga, you should be careful tooNice target! Go for it!That's right, that's rightThe Battle of Coral Sea is seriously dangerous. Our airplanes mistook the American carriers as us...
Night of May 7th 1942, 5th CarDiv sent their bombers to attack American fleet. They overflew Task Force 17 and mistakenly 6 planes attempted a landing on Yorktown, thinking it's their own mothership.
