There was another there major difference between the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands and the Marianas Turkey shoot. The US went from flying the vastly inferior Wil

There was another there major difference between the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands and the Marianas Turkey shoot. The US went from flying the vastly inferior Wildcat to the mostly superior Hellcat. Japan wasn't able to produce a more modern fighter than the Zero in significant numbers for the rest of the war and by 1944 it was obsolete.