A Japanese Jake seaplane, shot down during World War II, lies on the seafloor of Palau's lagoon. Many planes and dozens of large ships were sunk around Palau during the war.

A Japanese Jake seaplane, shot down during World War II, lies on the seafloor of Palau's lagoon. Many planes and dozens of large ships were sunk around Palau during the war.

A wrecked World War II airplane abandoned in the Solomon Islands

Bronze relief at The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C, United States of America

Marham Wing GR4 Tornadoes at RAF Marham, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Bronze relief at The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C, United States of America

Bronze relief at The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C, United States of America

Bronze relief at The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C, United States of America

Remains of propeller and engine from wing of Blenheim Bomber , shot down during WWII, Malta, Maltese Islands, Mediterranean

Yak-3 aircraft from World War II exhibited in front of the Volgograd Panorama Museum, Volgograd, Volgograd District, Russia, Europe

Messerschmidt 109 and scuba diver, Mediterranean Sea, Ile de Planier, Marseille, France

The wreck of a shot down military plane of World War 2, Palau, Micronesia

Vintage aircraft, Yakovlev Yak 9, warplane of the Soviet Air Force from the second World War, Breitscheid Airshow 2010, Hesse, Germany, Europe

The wreck of a shot down military plane of World War 2, Palau, Micronesia

Damaged turbine of B 52 Bomber

A model of a B-24 Liberator, a bomber used in World War II, in front of the Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Messerschmitt ME-109 plane, Deutsches Museum German museum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Exhibition of war loot, Museum of Military History, Hanoi, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

War museum exhibits Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam

Low angle view of a missile, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Islands, USA

A squadron of Spitfires flying low over British Countryside, composite image

Hawaii, Oahu, Male diver exploring World War II Corsair fighter plane wreck.

Divers on a WW II Corsair fighter plane off Southeast Oahu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America

Vietnam, Hanoi, Army Museum, Russian Plane Mig-21, on display outside.

Sunken aeroplane and scuba diver, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Ocean

Sunken aeroplane and scuba diver, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Ocean

Silhouette of military plane flying against blue sky, Holland

Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Zero wreck, vertical view Orthomosaic from 3D photogrammetry (13500 x 10000 px). D: 15 m Kimbe Bay, papua New Guinea, Coral growth on this wreck is from a period of 74 years ! The ZERO, is a Japanese WW2 fighter plane wreck. This Zero wreck was discovered in January 2000 by local William Nuli while he was freediving for sea cucumbers. He asked the Walindi Plantation Resort dive team if they might know what it was, and when they investigated they uncovered the intact wreck of a Zero fighter, resting on a sedimented bottom in 15 m depth. This World War II Japanese fighter is almost completely intact. The plane is believed to have been ditched, the pilot is believed to have survived, but was never found on the island. He never returned home. Maybe he disappeared in the jungle? On 26th December 1943, during the battle of Cape Gloucester, the Japanese pilot made an emergency landing, ditching his Mitsubishi A6M Zero plane into the sea approximately 100m off West New Britain Province. The plane was piloted by PO1 Tomiharu Honda of the 204st K?k?tai. His fate is unknown but it is believed the he made a controlled water landing after running out of fuel and survived. Although he failed to return to his unit, the plane was found with the throttle and trim controls both set for landing and the canopy was open. There are no visible bullet holes or other shrapnel damage and the plane is still virtually intact after over 70 years underwater. It is a A6M2 Model 21 Zero, made famous for its use in Kamikaze attacks by the Japanese Imperial Navy. The wreck has the Manufacture Number 8224 and was built by Nakajima in late August 1942.

Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Kimbe Bay, papua New Guinea, Zero wreck: Coral growth on this wreck is from a period of 74 years ! D: 15 m The ZERO, is a Japanese WW2 fighter plane wreck. This Zero wreck was discovered in January 2000 by local William Nuli while he was freediving for sea cucumbers. He asked the Walindi Plantation Resort dive team if they might know what it was, and when they investigated they uncovered the intact wreck of a Zero fighter, resting on a sedimented bottom in 15 m depth. This World War II Japanese fighter is almost completely intact. The plane is believed to have been ditched, the pilot is believed to have survived, but was never found on the island. He never returned home. Maybe he disappeared in the jungle? On 26th December 1943, during the battle of Cape Gloucester, the Japanese pilot made an emergency landing, ditching his Mitsubishi A6M Zero plane into the sea approximately 100m off West New Britain Province. The plane was piloted by PO1 Tomiharu Honda of the 204st K?k?tai. His fate is unknown but it is believed the he made a controlled water landing after running out of fuel and survived. Although he failed to return to his unit, the plane was found with the throttle and trim controls both set for landing and the canopy was open. There are no visible bullet holes or other shrapnel damage and the plane is still virtually intact after over 70 years underwater. It is a A6M2 Model 21 Zero, made famous for its use in Kamikaze attacks by the Japanese Imperial Navy. The wreck has the Manufacture Number 8224 and was built by Nakajima in late August 1942.