The Akagi wasn't any old aircraft carrier — she was the flagship of the First Air Fleet. She also served as the flagship during the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941.

“Richard H. Best and Enterprise‘s 14 Douglas TBD-1 Devastators, 34 Douglas SBD Dauntless and 10 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats were tasked with attacking Akagi…The leading fighter pilot turned to ...

The Akagi wasn't any old aircraft carrier — she was the flagship of the First Air Fleet. She also served as the flagship during the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941.

Shortly before 8 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial forces swarmed across Oahu toward their targets. The Tora signal was sent back to the fleet, indicating that the attack aircraft had achieved ...

The Dauntless had a max airspeed of 255 mph (410 km/h, 222 kn), a 2,250-lb. (10,20 kg) bomb load, two forward-firing nose-mounted Browning M2 “Ma Deuce” .50 caliber machine guns, and two ...