The following brief comment about the tactics of Japanese Zeros when attacking medium bombers was originally published in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 8, Sept. 24, 1942. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

NEW TACTICS--JAPANESE ZERO PLANES Japanese Zero planes, when encountering our medium bombers, have lately changed their tactics. From a position parallel to our flights but at lower altitude, the Japanese initiate action by climbing turns. They roll out of the attack by a dive to the side opposite to that from which the attack was begun. This is done again and again and is not unlike a lazy eight maneuver.

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