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On June 19, 1944, the Japanese 333rd Air Group, led by Captain Eiichiro Jyo, set out in Zero fighters laden with 250 kg (550 lb) bombs, and attacked a US battleship task group. About a dozen Zeroes got through and two allegedly made suicide attacks, one of which hit the USS Indiana.

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