As escorts, they were high above and to the left of 26 Aichi D3A1 dive bombers from Shokaku headed for Ford Island's naval air station, in the midst of Pearl Harbor and neighboring Hickam Field.

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was among the aircrafts used in Japan's attacks on the U.S. at places like Pearl Harbor in 1942, devastating American planes at the time. The lightweight aircraft was ...