
Caption | A damaged Zero fighter left a trail of smoke above Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941 ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-19931 | ||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 7 Dec 1941 | ||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||
Added Date | 7 Sep 2006 | ||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2.
Bill says:
13 Feb 2009 03:59:39 PM
second conclusion, was that Itaya was making his second attack at the Kaneohe armory. received ground fire,and may have been killed. The zero dived vertically into the ground, exploded, and skidded into a dirt bank.

13 Feb 2009 03:59:39 PM
second conclusion, was that Itaya was making his second attack at the Kaneohe armory. received ground fire,and may have been killed. The zero dived vertically into the ground, exploded, and skidded into a dirt bank.
3. Anonymous says:
13 Mar 2009 05:46:20 AM
I think the photo of the zero, was flown by Lieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya,received battle damage and crashed dived his zero into the first target of opportunity he could find, during the Pearl Harbor Attack.second conclusion, was that Itaya was making his second attack at the Kaneohe armory. received ground fire,and may have been killed. The zero dived vertically into the ground, exploded, and skidded into a dirt bank.World War 2 changed the world, split into two camps in Europe, East vs the West, a Cold War that continued until the fall of the U.S.S.R. NOW ITS THE INFORMATION WAR! and its World Wide. Friend's have become enemie's, and enemies have become friend's.
13 Mar 2009 05:46:20 AM
I think the photo of the zero, was flown by Lieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya,received battle damage and crashed dived his zero into the first target of opportunity he could find, during the Pearl Harbor Attack.second conclusion, was that Itaya was making his second attack at the Kaneohe armory. received ground fire,and may have been killed. The zero dived vertically into the ground, exploded, and skidded into a dirt bank.World War 2 changed the world, split into two camps in Europe, East vs the West, a Cold War that continued until the fall of the U.S.S.R. NOW ITS THE INFORMATION WAR! and its World Wide. Friend's have become enemie's, and enemies have become friend's.
4. Anonymous says:
22 Apr 2011 10:42:11 PM
Itaya died in 1944, not over Pearl Harbor.
22 Apr 2011 10:42:11 PM
Itaya died in 1944, not over Pearl Harbor.
5.
Bill says:
22 Oct 2011 04:05:54 PM
Lt. Commander Shigeru Itaya, leader of 1st attack wave over Pearl Harbor, was shotdown and killed by Japanese Army planes over the Kuriles in 1944. Anyone having more info post it here at ww2db.

22 Oct 2011 04:05:54 PM
Lt. Commander Shigeru Itaya, leader of 1st attack wave over Pearl Harbor, was shotdown and killed by Japanese Army planes over the Kuriles in 1944. Anyone having more info post it here at ww2db.
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13 Feb 2009 03:41:37 PM
I think the photo of the zero, was flown by Lieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya,received battle damage and crashed dived his zero into the first target of opportunity he could find, during the Pearl Harbor Attack.