On March 2, 1943, 26 Royal Australian Air Force Spitfires intercepted 21 Japanese Zeros attacking Darwin. It was the first of many clashes between two of WWII’s most legendary fighters. Led by ace ...
In 1944, a Japanese Kawanishi N1K2 floatplane intercepted a B-29 Superfortress in one of the strangest dogfights of the war.
Airplanes have long played an important role in wars, conducting reconnaissance and bombing missions — as well as fighting each other in the skies. Close-quarters combat between aircraft is known as ...