Trace the story of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Japan’s most famous World War II fighter. This video explores its early dominance in the Pacific, the innovations that made it feared, and the eventual ...

This image provided by the U.S. National Archives shows a scan of a photo of a Japanese Zero fighter plane hitting the USS Missouri in waters off Okinawa, Japan on April 11, 1945. (U.S. National ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. No other aircraft surpasses the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen ("ree-sin," Japanese for Zero Fighter) as the symbol of Japanese ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. No other Japanese aircraft surpasses ...

Arthur Van Haren Jr. was one of the top fighter pilots of WWII. He also was my grandfather. I called him “Tata,” a nickname for grandfather in Spanish. He didn’t tell me much about World War II. Tata ...

Prefectural officials are asking the public to help fund a new exhibition hall that will showcase a rare Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft that is believed to be the only one still in existence ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed ...