How many planes did japan lose in pearl harbor attack?

Answer 1

Technically None. No planes flew direct from Japan - it was far too far.

The attack on Pearl Harbour was launched by 353 aircraft from 6 Japanese carriers in two waves. Aircraft were a mixture of Divebombers, Fighters and Torpedo Bombers.

There were also some midget subs if I recall.

Answer 2

The japanese send more than 363 battle aircraft into the attack at Peal Harbor. The first 'wave' of planes attacked Peal Harbor at 7.55am.

In under 2 hours of the attack, 18 warships were sunk or crippled, 3 others were damaged, 177 planes were totally destroyed, and over all the japanese lost 29 planes.

I don't know if all this is true, as I got the information from a history textbook :D

Hope this helps!!

Answer 3

The Japanese lost one Zero fighter when the first wave took-off. This pilot was rescued. The Japanese lost 3 Zero fighters, 5 Kate torpedo bombers and one Val Dive bomber during the first wave's attack (4.92% of attacking aircraft). During the second wave, the Japanese lost 6 Zero fighters and 14 Val dive bombers (11.83% of attacking aircraft). All these aircrew were lost.

Additionally, 74 Japanese aircraft returned damaged to the Japanese carriers. They were 23 Zeros, 10 Kates and 41 Vals. Several of these damaged aircraft were too damaged to be moved below to the hangers after landing in a timely manner and had to be pushed overboard after their crews got out.

Zero = Mitsubishi A6M2 (Type 0) fighter

Kate = Nakajima B5N2 (Type 97) torpedo bomber

Val = Aichi D3A1 (Type 98) dive bomber

Contrary to popular opinion, Japanese losses were fairly heavy for a surprise attack on an unprepared target. Notice that Japanese losses doubled with the second wave. Also the key loss was not the aircraft, but the Japanese pilot. In 1941-42, the Japanese Navy was only producing 100 pilots per year. They lost 29 of these on the first day of the war.