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The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-capable fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.It was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1940 to 1945.
The Akutan Zero is inspected by US Navy personnel on Akutan Island on July 11, 1942.. The Akutan Zero, also known as Koga's Zero (古賀のゼロ) and the Aleutian Zero, was a Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Zero Japanese fighter aircraft piloted by Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga, that crash-landed on Akutan Island, Alaska Territory, during World War II.
The aircraft was later sent by AVG to the United States as the first intact Japanese A6M fighter captured as a prize of war, and was known as the "Mystery Zero", "China Zero", or "Tiger Zeke". [6] After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Americans recovered some remains of downed IJN "Zeroes" from the battle area. These included: [7] [8]
Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen Navy Type Zero Carrier Fighter: Zeke/Hamp 1940 10939 IJN Mitsubishi A7M Reppū Navy Carrier-based Fighter: Sam 1944 10 IJN Mitsubishi J2M Raiden Navy Interceptor Fighter: Jack 1942 621 IJN Mitsubishi Ki-46-III-Kai Army Type 100 Air Defence Fighter: Dinah 1941 1742 IJA, IJN Nakajima A6M2-N Navy Type 2 Interceptor/Fighter ...
Such fighters served aboard seaplane carriers Kamikawa Maru in the Solomons and Kuriles areas and aboard Japanese raiders Hokoku Maru and Aikoku Maru in Indian Ocean raids. In the Aleutian Campaign, this fighter engaged with RCAF Curtiss P-40 Warhawk , Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters, and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers.
The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, similar to the German Luftwaffe idea of organizing an "all aces" select unit Jagdverband 44 equipped with Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a jet fighters, decided to create an all-ace unit (the 343 Kōkūtai) with Kawanishi N1K2-J fighters towards the end of the conflict; this was commanded by Minoru Genda.
The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine falcon"), formal Japanese designation Army Type 1 Fighter (一式戦闘機, Ichi-shiki sentōki) is a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in World War II.
He had been picked up on 3 January 1944 by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-181 and taken to Rabaul, [19] becoming a prisoner of war. (I-181 was sunk 13 days after picking him up. [19]) According to Boyington's autobiography, he was never accorded official POW status by the Japanese, and his captivity was not reported to the Red Cross. [20]