Over the nose of his Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver, Lieutenant Michael Corman saw Japanese sailors scrambling on the deck of the light carrier Zuiho. There were muzzle flashes from anti-aircraft guns. It was October 25,1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, off the Philippines. "I opened the bomb bay doors, rolled in at 10,000ft, and put my nose on [the] ship's centreline, hoping to plant my 1,000lb bomb straight down on the middle of his flight deck."
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