Maeda Ku-6 (So-Ra) Empire of Japan (1943) Experimental Glider Tank – 1 Mock-up Built While tanks can provide excellent offensive firepower, they can not always be easily transported to where they are needed. In the case of Japan during WW2, this was possible to achieve by using ships ...
ww2dbaseThe night after the Ellwood shelling, radar operators in Los Angeles picked up an unidentified airborne target 120 miles off the coast. Air raid sirens sounded, anti-aircraft emplacements were manned, and shore batteries were alerted. Shortly after 3:00 AM on 25 Feb 1942, an hour aft...
Only eight pilots got airborne and did attack Japanese aircraft but only one was shot down. Some pilots were killed or shot down later by friendly fire. Five inbound planes from USS Enterprise were shot down. The Navy lost 24 of its PBY planes. Additional casualties came from when Japanese ...