- Author
- First Air Fleet · translated by Fred Woodrough Jr. for the US Strategic Bombing Survey
- Date
- Report dated 15 June 1942 · English edition 1947
- Passage
- Part I, sections 2–3; Part II, sections 1–2 and linked organisation tables; Part III, section 1
What has been checked
Selected opening passages compared with M14. Force, attack and reconnaissance tables compared with Japanese images on 18 October 2026; Haruna aircraft-type discrepancy recorded in the chapter-four audit. Opening strike and second-attack preparation passages compared with M14 PDF pp.29–33 on 18 October 2026. Part III section 1 contact and recovery passages rechecked for Search and Decision. Akagi fire and Hiryū response passages compared with selected M39 and M14 images for The Morning Strikes. HIRYU damage subsection reread for evacuation; selected fire passages compared with M14 PDF pp.42–43. AKAGI, KAGA and SORYU damage subsections reread for the ship profiles and compared with selected M14 images; this is the same report family.
How to read it
The translation and Japanese scan transmit the same report, not independent accounts. Cover numbering differs: English No.6-38, Japanese No.6-37. A retrospective command account; enemy estimates and editorial additions are not accepted as established facts. Sōryū evacuation: M14 PDF p.45 / stamped 0047 names Hamakaze and Isokaze (磯風); M06 renders the second as Isonami. The profile follows the original Japanese name.
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