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Soryu's D4Y aircraft and the loss of learning opportunities at Midway

Japan is considered to have had no opportunity to act on lessons from the loss of Soryu's pre-production Judy aircraft.

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Question

Did Japan learn anything from the loss of Soryu's two pre-production D4Y1 Judy aircraft at Midway?

Short answer

No useful lesson was acted on in this account because there was no opportunity to do anything about it.

Notes

The question concerns the two pre-production D4Y1 Judy aircraft carried by Soryu at Midway. No useful Japanese response to their loss is identified because there was no opportunity to do anything with the experience.