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Mitsubishi A6M Zero Model 52 (A6M5) 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. At the start of the Pacific War in 1941
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.
List of Mitsubishi A6M Zero operators; B. List of Bombardier CRJ operators This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 02:10 (UTC). Text ...
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 ...
Lists of Mitsubishi aircraft operators (2 P) Pages in category "Mitsubishi aircraft" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. ... Mitsubishi A6M ...
A Tainan Mitsubishi Zero A6M3 Type 32 fighter photographed at an unknown location. The Tainan Air Group (台南海軍航空隊, Tainan Kaigun Kōkūtai) was a fighter aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The flying portion of the unit was heavily involved in many of ...
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.
On 5 November fourteen B6N1s, escorted by four A6M Zero fighters, were sent to attack American shipping anchored off Bougainville. Four B6N1s were lost and no hits were scored, returning Japanese pilots claimed to have sunk one large and one medium carrier, two heavy cruisers and two other cruisers or large destroyers.