A6M Zero fighters BW version Baby Onesie

On 7 December 1941 - "a day which will live in infamy" as America's President Roosevelt put it - Japanese forces attacked the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour on Oahu in the Hawaiian islands. Waves of bombers and torpedo bombers were escorted by A6M Type 0 ("Zero") fighters, like these from the carrier Akagi. AI-155 in the foreground was flown by Lt Cmdr Shigeru Itaya, overall leader of the first wave of fighters.

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