The fighter plane plunging into the Pacific was one of the 402 Japanese planes shot down in a one-day serial battle off ...

The fighter plane plunging into the Pacific was one of the 402 Japanese planes shot down in a one-day serial battle off the Marianas in 1944. Only 27 American planes were lost. By inflicting steady losses, the United States was able to cripple Japanese air power. NI 9217