In August 1942, Japanese ace Saburo Sakai watched American fighters begin fighting in a way the Imperial Navy had never seen before. Above Guadalcanal, elite Zero pilots suddenly found themselves ...

While a dogfight can’t be reduced entirely to the distinctions between two machines, it’s necessary to look closely at the aircraft flown by Saburo Sakai and Pug Southerland to understand exactly what ...

In the following interview, Barrett Tillman, an author and historian who appears in the film “Dogfight Over Guadalcanal,” discusses the art of the dogfight and the Guadalcanal campaign. What was your ...

Wildcats were dispatched in divisions of four to protect their aircraft carriers and other ships from Japan's medium bombers. Southerland led a division from the USS Saratoga on August 7, 1942, and ...

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and as far as war heroes are concerned, and the line between good and evil can be blurrier than a battlefield in the storm. Of course, in the end, showing one's ...

Warren Cowan was an Australian pilot flying Hudson bombers against the Japanese during the Second World War, and he would have remained in obscurity but for the efforts of the Japanese air ace who ...