Imperial Japanese Army . 大日本帝国陸軍航空
第一飛行戦隊
On the evening of 26 June 1939 Sgt Maj Mitsuyoshi Tarui and Cpl Shinji Arai on their Ki-27 were bounced by a large force of I-16 fighters, but quickly managed to turn the tables. With the help of Lt Fujio Honma who came to their rescue, they amnaged to shoot down two aircraft each before making their escape unharmed.
IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (AVIATION) . 大日本帝國海軍
三菱A6M2零式艦上戦闘機21型 ZERO
"Waking a Giant". The lead plane of the Kaga escort Zeros on the second wave attack.
Flown by Lt Yasushi Nikaido (二階堂易)
F4U-1A "Corsair" VF-17 "Jolly Rogers", 1944. "White 17" flown by Lt.Cdr. Roger R. Hedrick
IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (AVIATION) . 大日本帝國海軍
三菱A6M3零式艦上戦闘機22型
CPO Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, 251 Kokutai. Rabaul, 1943
"SLICE & DICE"
Imperial Japanese Army Aviation . 大日本帝国陸軍航空本部
A pair of Manshu Ki-98 interceptors slice through the ramjet-equipped P-51 Mustang escort on their way to attack B-35 flying wing bombers, high over Japan in 1946.