Aircraft from Indefatigable fought the last British air combat of World War II while heading to strike Kisarazu airfield. The pilots reported Zeros, although the location and appearance make Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki army fighters a plausible identification. The uncertainty shows how a fast-moving engagement could lead pilots on any side to apply a familiar name to a less familiar aircraft. A Yokosuka D4Y attacked the carrier after the ceasefire had taken effect, but its two bombs missed. The carrier continued combat air patrols and reconnaissance while its aircraft located Allied prisoners of war and dropped supplies to them.
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Indefatigable and Britain's final air combat of World War II
Indefatigable's aircraft fought the last British air combat of the war, with later analysis questioning the pilots' identification of their Japanese opponents.