No one here has yet to mentioned that. We went to the VFW recognition ceremony. There were only two old survivers, who were not Navy. But were in the Army air corps ground crews for the P40 war hawk. One said he was sure that he saw the two take off that engaged the Japanese aircraft.
There were three, one didnt make it off the ground. The surviving pilots told them from the air, it was the most horrifying thing they had ever seen.