Japanese fighter plane A6M2 "Zero" on the deck of the aircraft carrier "Akagi" before flying to attack Pearl Harbor. 


Ready for take-off from deck

Japanese carrier based Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" fighter planes are preparing to take off from the aircraft carrier "Shokaku", during the battle of the islands of Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, north-east of Australia; the morning of October 26, 1942.


On the flight deck of Shokaku

Japanese J8M version of the Komet .. the war ended before it could go into production .. only 7 were ever made ..
taken from fb/History of WW2