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In Japan, it was unofficially referred to as both Rei-sen and Zero-sen; Japanese pilots most commonly called it Zero-sen, where sen is the first syllable of sentōki, Japanese for "fighter plane". [ Note 2 ] [ 13 ] In the official designation "A6M", the "A" signified a carrier-based fighter, "6" meant that it was the sixth such model built for ...
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.
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
[citation needed] The aircraft was used for interceptor, fighter-bomber, and short reconnaissance support for amphibious landings, among other uses. A6M2-Ns lined up along a beach. Later in the conflict the Otsu Air Group utilized the A6M2-N as an interceptor alongside Kawanishi N1K 1 Kyofu ("Rex") aircraft based in Biwa lake in the Honshū area.
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.
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 ...
As the war progressed, however, the fighter suffered from the same weaknesses as the slower, fixed-gear Ki-27 "Nate" predecessor to the Oscar, and the more advanced naval A6M Zero; light armor and less-than-effective self-sealing fuel tanks, which caused high casualties in combat. Its armament of two machine guns also proved inadequate against ...
The Mitsubishi A7M Reppū (烈風, "Strong Wind") was designed as the successor to the Imperial Japanese Navy's A6M Zero, with development beginning in 1942.Performance objectives were to achieve superior speed, climb, diving, and armament over the Zero, as well as better maneuverability – all parameters that were ultimately achieved towards the end of its development in 1945.