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Mitsubishi nakajima g3m1/2/3 rikko l3y1/2 in japanese naval air service
Description: Mitsubishi Nakajima G3M1/2/3 Rikko L3Y1/2 in Japanese Naval Air Service (Aircam Aviation 35) By Richard M. BueschelPublisher: Osprey 1973 50 PagesISBN: 0850451361PDF 23 MBCapt. Kameo Sonokawa glanced at his watch. Almost nine o'clock. It had been a long and frustrating morning. Lifting from their airfields at Thudaumot and Soctrang near Saigon at sunrise on 10 December 1941, the twin-engined Mitsubishi G3M2 Models 21 and 22 high-level torpedo-bombers of the Mihoro and Genzan Naval Air Corps of the Imperial Japanese Navy's 22nd Air Flotilla, 11th Air Fleet, as well as torpedo-equipped models of the newer Mitsubishi G4M1 bombers of the Kanoya Naval Air Corps, had fruitlessly searched for "Force Z". Made up of the British batdeships H.M.S. Repulse and H.M.S. Prince of Wales, and supported by the four desÂtroyers H.M.S. Electra, H.M.S. Express, H.M.S. Tenedos and H.M.A.S. Vampire, "Force Z" was the strongest surface fleet in Malayan waters. It gave the British defenders command of their shorelines, and provided the mobility to strike at any potential invasion landing points at will.
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