DBWI-Bomb hit on Akagi not a dud

IOTL, during the Battle of Midway, the aircraft carrier Akagi suffered only one direct bomb hit, which turned out to be a dud. According to post-battle analysis, the bomb could have caused a massive fire had it detonated. What if that bomb had gone off?
 
If that bomb exploded, coupled with the rudder damage, then Akagi would have probably been on fire just like Soryu and Kaga, and her torpedo planes wouldn't have been there to attack Yorktown in the first strike. The US vessel would have probably escaped with just bomb hits.

As it was, Akagi managed to steer with her engines and launched commander Murata's 17 kankos escorted by 3 Zeros at 11.15, joining Hiryu's strike.

Akagi was also instrumental in the crippling of Hornet, her 16 kanbaku (one damaged by dud's fragments) scored the crippling hits that slowed and exposed Hornet to lt. Tomonaga's torpedo planes.

However during the afternoon US strike Akagi couldn't avoid being hit by the SBDs from Hornet and Enterprise, some of them redirected by the message from Enterprise after Nagumo's fleet was spotted by Yorktown's search SBD. The bombs caused large fires among the 10 kanko and 3 fighters being prepared for the third strike. Only Hiryu managed to launch her aircraft at dusk of just 15 kanbaku (5 from Akagi), 3 kanko and 9 Zeros.
 
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If that bomb exploded, coupled with the rudder damage, then Akagi would have probably been on fire just like Soryu and Kaga, and her torpedo planes wouldn't have been there to attack Yorktown in the first strike. The US vessel would have probably escaped with just bomb hits.

As it was, Akagi managed to steer with her engines and launched commander Murata's 17 kankos escorted by 3 Zeros at 11.15, joining Hiryu's strike.

Akagi was also instrumental in the crippling of Hornet, her 16 kanbaku (one damaged by dud's fragments) scored the crippling hits that slowed and exposed Hornet to lt. Tomonaga's torpedo planes.

However during the afternoon US strike Akagi couldn't avoid being hit by the SBDs from Hornet and Enterprise, some of them redirected by the message from Enterprise after Nagumo's fleet was spotted by Yorktown's search SBD. The bombs caused large fires among the 10 kanko and 3 fighters being prepared for the third strike. Only Hiryu managed to launch her aircraft at dusk of just 15 kanbaku (5 from Akagi), 3 kanko and 9 Zeros.

OOC: I don't think Akagi could've launched any strikes even without the explosion. The bomb hit very close to the centerline of her flight deck, and the resulting hole would have made takeoff impossible.
 
That would have been only a tiny hole only inches across, what is the diameter of a 1000 lb bomb such as used by the SBDs? They could patch it up in no time.
 
That would have been only a tiny hole only inches across, what is the diameter of a 1000 lb bomb such as used by the SBDs? They could patch it up in no time.

OOC: Oh, okay.

IC: Well, with the loss of two carriers, the US Navy ended up borrowing HMS Illustrious. When the British torpedoes consistently outperformed their American counterparts, many in the USN began asking uncomfortable questions about the quality of their torpedoes.
 
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