Japanese aircraft through the lens of US gun cameras during WWII

A compilation of gun camera footage from US Navy and USAAF aircraft attacking IJA and IJN aviation during World War II

0:00 Nakajima Ki-43 hit at close range by an F6F Hellcat over the Philippines in November 1944
0:09 Mitsubishi A6M Zero hit by a US Navy fighter in mid 1945
0:20 Nakajima B5N
0:24 Yokosuka P1Y Ginga engaged by a US Navy fighter from USS Randolph in 1945
1:13 Mitsubishi A6M Zero
1:16 Unidentified floatplane strafed by a US Navy aircraft from USS Yorktown near Kyushu in March 1945
1:20 Yokosuka P1Y Ginga
1:37 Mitsubishi Ki-46 engaged by a US Navy fighter from USS Randolph in 1945
1:54 Friendly fire as an F6F Hellcat flies into the line of fire of another fighter attacking a Mitsubishi A6M Zero
2:03 Unidentified fighter attacked by a P-51 Mustang in 1945 as the pilot appears to be ripped out by his parachute
2:14 P-51 Mustang gun camera showing a bailed out pilot, on many aircraft the camera could be activated independent of the guns for reconnaissance purposes so this does not mean the parachute is being shot at
2:30 Unidentified fighter (possibly a Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien) dogfighting with a US Navy fighter over Luzon on November 25th 1944
3:09 Mitsubishi A6M Zero wingman set alight by a P-51 Mustang in 1945
3:14 Mitsubishi A6M Zero hit by a P-51 Mustang in 1945
3:33 Aichi B7A Ryusei engaged by F6F Hellcats from USS Yorktown in mid 1945
4:09 Mitsubishi A6M Zero hit by an F6F Hellcat from USS Hornet in June 1944
4:13 Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū hit by a P-51 Mustang in 1945
4:16 Mitsubishi Ki-46 engaged by F6F Hellcats from USS Ticonderoga over the South China Sea in January 1945
4:21 Showa/Nakajima L2D (Japanese DC-3 built under license) hit by a US Navy PB4Y patrol bomber in 1944
4:32 Nakajima B5N hit in early 1944
4:48 Unidentified twin-engined aircraft shot down in June 1944
4:52 Unidentified aircraft hit in what presumably was an auxiliary fuel tank near Tokyo Bay in 1945
4:59 Kawasaki Ki-48 Sokei formation hit by P-40 Warhawks of the 14th Air Force "Flying Tigers"
5:35 Unidentified biplane floatplane hit by a US Navy fighter off Okinawa in 1945
6:16 Fu-Go balloon bombs intercepted by P-38 Lightnings over Alaska in mid 1945

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