In the 1943 dry season, two air units of similar strength faced each other in the skies over Darwin, capital of Australia's Northern Territory. These were the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force's 202nd Kokutai, equipped with A6M2/3 Zero-sens, and No. 1 Fighter Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, flying Spitfire VCs recently shipped out from Britain. This campaign occurred far from the main Pacific theatres of New Guinea and the South Pacific, so it has...
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