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Bombing the Akagi
Lt. Best, rather than drop his bomb at 2000 ft. like his wingmen, elects to drop his bomb so low that his plane barely scrapes the ocean's surface as he escapes. He ends up scoring a direct hit on the Japanese carrier's flight deck as a result.
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Belly-Scraping Flight
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Belly-Scraping Flight