Regarding Japanese planes downed at Pearl Harbor, were they deliberately recovered and studied? What became of the remains of the pilots? - Quora
![First Army photos of the bombing of the Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Wreckage of Japanese plane shot down near CCC camp in Wahiawa, T.H. | Library of Congress First Army photos of the bombing of the Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Wreckage of Japanese plane shot down near CCC camp in Wahiawa, T.H. | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c04000/3c04900/3c04987v.jpg)
First Army photos of the bombing of the Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Wreckage of Japanese plane shot down near CCC camp in Wahiawa, T.H. | Library of Congress
![He wanted to be with his friends': Ashes of Pearl Harbor survivor are returned to the sunken battleship where all his comrades were killed | Daily Mail Online He wanted to be with his friends': Ashes of Pearl Harbor survivor are returned to the sunken battleship where all his comrades were killed | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/24/article-2078376-0F44288F00000578-343_306x423.jpg)
He wanted to be with his friends': Ashes of Pearl Harbor survivor are returned to the sunken battleship where all his comrades were killed | Daily Mail Online
![American Woman on Twitter: "In Pearl Harbor, a US Navy diver sent to find the bodies of his comrades, emerged empty-handed from the wreckage of the USS Arizona covered in oil (1941). American Woman on Twitter: "In Pearl Harbor, a US Navy diver sent to find the bodies of his comrades, emerged empty-handed from the wreckage of the USS Arizona covered in oil (1941).](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fjr3AEeWIAEebO_.jpg)
American Woman on Twitter: "In Pearl Harbor, a US Navy diver sent to find the bodies of his comrades, emerged empty-handed from the wreckage of the USS Arizona covered in oil (1941).
![The body of a Japanese Lieutenant who crashed during the attack on Pearl Harbor is buried with military honors by U.S. troops. This undated picture was released by the Navy Department in The body of a Japanese Lieutenant who crashed during the attack on Pearl Harbor is buried with military honors by U.S. troops. This undated picture was released by the Navy Department in](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HFDRTP/the-body-of-a-japanese-lieutenant-who-crashed-during-the-attack-on-HFDRTP.jpg)