Secret Japanese Aircraft of WWII tells the story of Japanese Aviation before, during and after World War Two.
It recounts the efforts of Japanese aircraft designers in the 1930s to create a range of modern warplanes, culminating in the design and manufacture of such legendary aircraft as the Nakajima Ki-43 'Oscar', and the Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero'.
We examine the contribution of US Technical Air Intelligence Units to identifying these planes and assessing their strengths and weaknesses. Heading this operation was Frank McCoy, a US Intelligence Officer, who gave the Japanese aircraft the distinctive western names they are known by today.