...but would all the aircraft be on the flight deck? To ease flight deck congestion, would they not be brought up to the deck in waves prior to launch?

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...but would all the aircraft be on the flight deck? To ease flight deck congestion, would they not be brought up to the deck in waves prior to launch?

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1st wave was just Kates and Zeros, and those were the only planes on-deck at the time of launch. Japanese carrier operations were vastly different than US Navy procedures.

It leaves the modeler in the position of having to take artistic license or "this is not the way it was, but the way I wanted it" with their build if you want all three types on deck at the same time. Or you could build the first wave at Midway, which had ONE Kate on a deck full of Vals and Zeros. Also covered in my review.

Decals are for both Pearl Harbor and Midway, but the instructions only show Pearl Harbor.

Pearl harbor first wave. Would the zeros have been launched first and Where would Fuchida's Kate have been in the mix? What was the exact number of zeros and the exact number of Kates? Like one would think, were they all on the deck at the launching or did they run some more up as the deck cleared? I remembr seeing film of the launchings and seeing Vals taking off. Of course these could have been second wave, but did any of the other 5 carriers send some off in the first wave?