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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.
This is a list of Imperial Navy Air aces flying the Mitsubishi Zero fighter during the Pacific War. Tetsuzō Iwamoto: 94 (including 14 in China / personal diary accounts for a total of 202 kills) [1] Shoichi Sugita: 70 (some sources say 80) Saburō Sakai: 64 (2 in China) Takeo Okumura: 54 (4 in China) Hiroyoshi Nishizawa: 36 official (102 ...
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was the most well-known Japanese warplane of World War II. A6M Zeros were predominantly used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) on aircraft carriers , and also by its land-based fighter units.
Jiro Horikoshi (堀越 二郎, Horikoshi Jirō, 22 June 1903 – 11 January 1982) was a Japanese aeronautical engineer.He was the chief engineer of several Japanese fighter aircraft designs used during World War II, most notably the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, as well as the NAMC YS-11.
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 A6M2-N floatplane was developed from the Mitsubishi A6M Type 0, mainly to support amphibious operations and defend remote bases. It was based on the A6M-2 Model 11 fuselage, with a modified tail and added floats. A total of 327 were built, including the original prototype.
The unit was formed on 1 April 1942 in Kisarazu, Japan, and was initially equipped with only six Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, under the command of Lieutenant Hideki Shingō. The group made an unsuccessful interception attempt during the Doolittle Raid on 18 April.
36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters (Lt. Tadashi Kaneko) 10 Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' level bombers at Wake Island 6 flying boats at Jaluit 24th Air Flotilla (Rear Adm. Minoru Maeda) Chitose Air Group at Kwajalein (Capt. Fujiro Ohashi) 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters 36 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers 1st Air Group at Aur and Wotje (Capt. Samaji ...