Fate has a surprise for Vejtasa and his rear gunner, Radioman 3rd Class Frank B Wood, as they are forced to face off in battle against the deadly Zero. Not one, but 3 of them. The chances of the ...

Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle ... (233 aircraft, only about a dozen fewer than those on Nagumo's four carriers), ...

Although the Battle of the Coral Sea ended in a tactical victory for ... As U.S. forces headed toward the Japanese fleet, U.S. aircraft passed Japanese planes en route to attack their task force.

At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War ...