Mitsubishi A6M2 “Zero” fighters taking off from the Akagi (1942)

Footage from a Japanese Newsreel of Mitsubishi A6M2 “Zero” model 21 fighters taking off from the deck of the carrier Akagi along with a Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” Torpedo bomber during the Indian Ocean Raid. An Aichi D3A2 “Val” torpedo bomber can be seen as well this footage was shot in late March to early April of 1942.


Indian Ocean raid (known in Japan as Operation C[2]) was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around Ceylon, but failed to locate and destroy the bulk of the British Eastern Fleet. The Eastern Fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir James Somerville, was forewarned by intelligence and sailed from its bases prior to the raid; its attempt to attack the Japanese was frustrated by poor tactical intelligence.

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