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How many Japanese aircraft took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor?

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Pearl Harbor attack A U.S. battleship sinking during the Pearl Harbor attack.

A total of 353 Japanese aircraft participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.1

These aircraft were launched from the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Pearl Harbor Strike Force, which consisted of six aircraft carriers positioned approximately 275 miles north of Oahu. The assault was conducted in two primary waves: the first wave consisted of nearly 200 aircraft, followed by a second wave of nearly 170 aircraft. Of the total force involved, 29 planes failed to return to their carriers.213