Alternate Midway - the US Runs Up the Score

Zheng He,
Need some help with the following statement?
"Initially it looked like Henderson’s SBDs would get away clean but as they broke away from their attack runs on the Hiryu, six of the Hiryu’s fighters returning from the Midway strike went after them, their pilots enraged over what had just happened to their ship. As the Zeroes caught up to the dive bombers retiring at low level they sent two into the water but they learned what many Japanese Zero pilots learned throughout the war. Dauntless dive bombers relieved of their bomb loads and a significant portion of their fuel were actually pretty spry and when flying in formation they packed a deadly sting from behind. The Marine tail gunners got one Zero and damaged another as they made their passes, and one Zero that overshot the formation got caught in the sights of TSgt Clyde Stamp, the only enlisted pilot in VMSB-241. Stamp let fly with his nose mounted .50 caliber machine guns and several bullets found the Zero’s unprotected gas tank with fairly spectacular results. Eventually the Zeroes broke off and Henderson returned with 14 dive bombers to Midway and a hero’s welcome."

You note that Stamps shot down a Zero, can you provide sources or more details on Stamps. Researching Stamps. I have never seen this, not mentions in his after action report. All details you can provide is greatly appreciated.

I see this is your first post!
Welcome, pull up a seat, and have a virtual beverage of your choice on me.

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In this instance, sending a private message to Zheng He would have worked. If you want to continue the discussion, creating a new thread and linking to this one would work, too.

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