Although the Battle of the Coral Sea ended in a tactical victory for ... As U.S. forces headed toward the Japanese fleet, U.S. aircraft passed Japanese planes en route to attack their task force.

The USS Lexington, known as “Lady Lex,” was a powerful aircraft carrier that played ... In May 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Lexington and its fleet engaged in the first carrier ...

Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle ... (233 aircraft, only about a dozen fewer than those on Nagumo's four carriers), ...

At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War ...