The Izumo-class Kaga might sound familiar to World War II historians. That's because it shares a name with another aircraft carrier in the then-Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air ...

Summary and Key Points: The Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier Shinano was an ill-fated warship, originally intended as a battleship but converted into an aircraft carrier during World War II.

An unexploded bomb dropped during World War II and subsequently buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday morning. This damaged a runway and canceled more than 80 flights, but no one was ...

Bomb disposal personnel from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force determined that the explosion was caused by an American 500-pound bomb that was likely dropped during a World War II air raid.

One of the Japanese warships bears the name of a World War II-era ... JS Izumo—into the country's first aircraft carriers since World War II, ... which was invaded by Japan during World War II.

Col. Perry Dahl, an Army Air Forces fighter pilot who shot down nine enemy aircraft in the Pacific during World War II while surviving emergency landings, a runway crash, a midair bailout and two ...

Perry Dahl, who downed nine planes during World War II, dies at 101 . Dec. 24, 2024 at 5:01 pm Updated Dec. 24, 2024 at 6:01 pm . By . ... He later shot down another Japanese plane.