| Surprisingly,
the very nature of the landing light array dismisses Akagi
outright. Akagi and Hiryû are the best-documented of
the carriers at Midway, and we have very good 1:400-scale
plans of Akagi taken from a Polish work on the ship. These
plans clearly show that Akagi had four landing light arrays—two
forward, and two aft. |
The
forward arrays were attached to platforms fairly far forward
on the flight deck, which were not part of any 25mm gallery
structure. And while the aft arrays were mounted aboard the
25mm galleries, they were affixed to the gallery wall itself,
rather than the apex of a 25mm gun tub. Thus, according to
the best plans we have available, Akagi can be eliminated
from consideration. |
