> Instead, they maintained altitude and speed, using their advantage in a dive to execute "slashing" attacks. Fun trivia that I read a while back: After gettin

> Instead, they maintained altitude and speed, using their advantage in a dive to execute "slashing" attacks. Fun trivia that I read a while back: After getting hold of a zero, they discovered that the carburetor design would cause the engine to sputter on high speed dives. https://www.history.com/news/the-akutan-zero-how-a-captured-japanese-fighter-plane-helped-win-world-war-ii https://www.history.com/news/the-akutan-zero-how-a-captured-...