M41 · Contemporary Japanese command report · archival scan, part 4

First Air Fleet report: Hiryū’s weapon expenditure

Recorded bomb categories, torpedo modification and expenditure in Hiryū’s two counterattacks.

Author
Headquarters, First Air Fleet
Date
15 June 1942
Passage
JACAR C08030024100 · PDF pp.1 and 3 / stamped 0156 and 0158

What has been checked

Retained Japanese pages 1 and 3 re-rendered and visually inspected on 18 October 2026; selected fields only. Full 58-page research copy retained from 17 October.

How to read it

Working readings, not a certified complete translation. Same report family as M14/M06. Expenditure is not magazine stock, hit count or a complete technical specification. Enemy identifications and damage claims are not accepted uncritically. Japanese report dates are not silently merged with American local dates.

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