On 7th December 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launched a surprise attack on the then neutral United States. At just before 08:00 am, over 350 Japanese fighters, dive bombers and torpedo carrying aircraft launched from six aircraft carries in two waves against the Pearl Harbor naval base in Honolul, Hawaii. The intent being to prevent the US Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese planned military action against British and US South East Asian territories. Close to 200 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, every ship damaged or sunk and over 2,400 Americans were killed. This unprovoked attack led to the US finally entering WW2.
In memory of this 80th Anniversary I have built 2 of the attacking Japanese aircraft: the Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bomber and the Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero fighter; and the defending US fighter: the Curtiss P-40B Warhawk.
These are all from the current and excellent Airfix range of 1:72 scale kits.
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