Keywords: Zuikaku fighter pilots at Buin April 1943.jpg en Zero fighter pilots from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku prepare for a mission from Buin Bougainville Solomon Islands on April 7 1943 The mission was to attack Allied aircraft and shipping in Savo Sound between Guadalcanal and Tulagi/Florida Islands Hata Ikuhito and Yasuho Izawa translated by Don Cyril Gorham Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II Naval Institute Press Annapolis Maryland 1989 p 50 Kenjiro Notomi 1943-04-07 PD-Japan-oldphoto Zuikaku Air Group Bougainville Island Black and white photographs Pacific War in April 1943 |