Name: Institution Name: Course: Date: How the failure of the air group commander cost the hornet most of its Fighter Strength Before the group could set off for the battle there was a Japanese order of battle the group commander was to you issue his fighters (Roberts, 80). This was not done and still, there was no any information that could lead to them knowing how the Japanese would do the deployment of the four carriers. This is was entirely a question of direction whether East, West, North or South. The air group commander assumed the enemy would operate in two carrier groups (Agoratus,, 52). The tale of where the Hornet's planes were flying remained complicated (Ronald , 46)....
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