IJN Hiryu (Flying Dragon) was completed on 5 July 1939. She was the flagship of Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi. On early afternoon 4 June, Hiryu “Val” dive-bombers and “Kate” torpedo bombers hit Yorktown with three bombs and two torpedoe
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