Around noon, six Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bombers evaded the American fighters and closed TG 58.2. "Biloxi", along with several other escorts, fired on the two attacking "Bunker Hill" and both were shot down. At least four more Judys pounced on the task group later that afternoon but all were shot down by anti-aircraft fire without inflicting any damage. These were but a small portion of the 300 or so Japanese aircraft lost in the battle dubbed the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot."