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Actually the effort wasn't so futile--while the torpedo squadrons made their runs, it drew the Japanese fighters dwon low, allowing the approaching dive bombers to exact their toll undistracted by Zero's. The Devastators were obsolete, but the replacement TBF's flying from Midway fare little better. Torpedo attack soon faded away as a tactic, and the TBM's / TBF's ended up performing mostly ASW depth charge and level bombing attacks.
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