one birds eye view

The Battle of Midway was truly the most decisive war in the Pacific which turned the tide against the Japanese for the first time since their attack on Pearl Harbor the year before, the war saw a lot of action at sea of vast proportions, one ensign George Gay really ended up right in the middle of it all seeing some key events from the Battle of Midway.



Launching an attack on Japanese carriers with TBD Devastator torpedo bombers without a fighter escort the entire squadron was doomed with near ultimate failure, gunned from the sky George managed to fly his attack on the Japanese aircraft Kaga, flying at low level for a split second he recalled thoughts of flying his own kamikaze raid on the carrier deck, later stating:

"It's when a fellow is just gone and knows it, it is just crash into the ship or crash into the sea, and you have enough control to do a little bit more damage, why you crash into the ship."

Gunned down by five Zeroes he avoided being strafed in the water and while drifting helplessly on his back he witnessed the sinking of three Japanese aircraft carriers by US Dauntless dive bombers.



He was lucky to be rescued after surviving the doomed raid and the subsequent 30 hours of destruction that took place around him.