Max Leslie

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Commander Max Leslie, of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) Air Group, was a Naval Aviator in the United States Navy during World War II. He is credited with playing a major part in the Battle of Midway.

Max Leslie is depicted by Monte Markham in the movie Midway (1976).

In just five minutes, Enterprise's Scouting Six and Bombing Six destroyed two Japanese fleet carriers. Kaga was abandoned at 1700 and sank at 1925. Akagi was abandoned just after Kaga slipped under the waves, and scuttled before the dawn June 5. Attacking nearly simultaneously with McClusky's SBDs, Yorktown's Bombing Three, led by LCDR Max Leslie, inflicted such extreme damage on Soryu that she too sank that evening. A single carrier, Hiryu, escaped damage the morning of June 4.