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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
A6M2-Ns lined up along a beach. Later in the conflict, the Otsu Air Group utilized the A6M2-N as an interceptor alongside Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu ("Rex") aircraft based in Biwa lake in the Honshū area. The last A6M2-N in military service was a single example recovered by the French forces in Indochina after the end of World War II.
Thus, the Zero's type in this designation system was A6M, which meant the sixth type of carrier fighter under this designation system, and that it was built by Mitsubishi. Variants were indicated by an additional number at the end; repurposing an aircraft was indicated by a dash and then the new type letter.
Twenty-four of the fighter aircraft in the 5th belonged to the Tainan Kōkūtai under Captain Masahisa Saito. The Tainan contained some of the top-scoring Japanese fighter aces, and flew the A6M2 Zero fighter. With 55 pilots and 24 aircraft, only the most experienced and able Tainan pilots were allowed to consistently participate in combat ...
4th FCU Wave 1: 6 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Kiyokuma Okajima) 4th FCU Wave 2: 9 × A6M (Lieutenant Nono) (one aircraft lost) CAP: 3 × A6M VB Leader (Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi) (not present - aborted) 21st Shotai: 2 × D3A1 "Val" (Lieutenant Kobayashi) 22nd Shotai: 3 × D3A 23rd Shotai: 3 × D3A (one aircraft lost)