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The captured Japanese fighter that changed the Pacific War

Early in World War II, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero dominated the skies of the Pacific with extraordinary range and ...

U.S. Navy captain ordered military funeral for kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here’s why

A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the ...
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A Legendary WWII Plane Vanished in the Jungle. 80 Years Later, It Emerged From the Wild—Incredibly Preserved.

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Bong, who was known as the “Ace of Aces,” took down all 40 of those Japanese fighter planes while flying the same aircraft: a Lockheed P-38 Lightning ...
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WWII aircraft recovered from sea in Southwestern Japan

A World War II fighter aircraft of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Navy was recovered last month, 81 years after sinking ...
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Shiden Kai WWII fighter recovered from ocean off Kagoshima after 81 years

Developed as a state-of-the-art successor to the AM6 Zero fighter in the later stages of the war, the Shiden Kai boasted high ...