Human skull found at the bottom of Pearl Harbor may be Japanese pilot shot down during 1941 surprise attack

An excavation crew has unearthed a skull at the bottom of Pearl Harbor that archaeologists suspect is from a Japanese pilot who died in the historic attack in 1941.

Archaeologist Jeff Fong, of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, said early analysis of the startling find has made him '75 per cent sure' that the skull belongs to a Japanese pilot.

The items found with the skull, which was determined not to be from a native Hawaiian, provided some clues - forks, scraps of metal and a Coca-Cola bottle Mr Fong said researchers determined was from the 1940s....