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  2. Mitsubishi A6M Zero - Wikipedia

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    The A6M is usually known as the "Zero" from its Japanese Navy aircraft_type designation, Type 0 carrier fighter (Rei shiki Kanjō sentōki, 零式艦上戦闘機), taken from the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940) when it entered service.

  3. Most Famous Japanese Plane of WWII – 15 Facts About the...

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    One of the most famous planes of the Second World War, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen, was Japan’s best fighter and the bane of Allied airmen in the Pacific. The Zero was designed to meet a tough set of specifications set down by the Japanese Navy in 1937. They wanted a plane to replace the A5M carrier fighter, also produced by Mitsubishi.

  4. Zero | Mitsubishi A6M, WWII Fighter & Naval Aviation | Britannica

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    Zero, fighter aircraft, a single-seat, low-wing monoplane used with great effect by the Japanese during World War II. Designed by Horikoshi Jiro, it was the first carrier-based fighter capable of besting its land-based opponents.

  5. The Rise and Fall of the JapaneseZero’ - Warfare History...

    warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-japanese-zero

    A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter trails smoke as it loses altitude during an air raid on the U.S. base at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands. The raid took place in June 1942, during the campaign to seize the islands of Attu and Kiska along with Midway Atoll in the Central Pacific.

  6. Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero - National Museum of the USAF

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    The Allies' main opponent in the Pacific air war, the Zero is the most famous symbol of Japanese air power during World War II. The fighter first flew in April 1939, and Mitsubishi, Nakajima, Hitachi and the Japanese navy produced 10,815 Zeros from 1940-1945.

  7. Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter | National Air and Space Museum

    airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/mitsubishi-a6m-zero-fighter

    Few American fighter pilots on their own survived a turning, twisting, close-in dogfight against a capable Japanese pilot flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero during World War II. Curator Russell Lee explores in a new blog.

  8. How the US Military Ended Japanese Air Dominance by Destroying...

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    At the start of World War II, Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter was the most vaunted and feared weapon in the enemy arsenal. Lightweight and maneuverable, the Zero was able to outfly and...

  9. Mitsubishi A6M Zero (1939) - Weapons and Warfare

    weaponsandwarfare.com/2020/03/30/mitsubishi-a6m-zero-1939

    The legendary A6M (the dreaded Zero) was the first carrier-based fighter in history to outperform land-based equivalents, and it arrived in greater quantities than any other Japanese aircraft. Despite the Zero’s aura of invincibility, better Allied machines gradually rendered it obsolete.

  10. Mitsubishi A6M Zero - Specifications, Facts ... - ️𝙈𝙖𝙜

    aeronauticsmagazine.com/aeropedia/mitsubishi-a6m

    The phenomenally successful Mitsubishi A6M Zero originated with a specification of 1937 which called for a carrier-borne fighter of high performance to succeed the Mitsubishi A5M.

  11. Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero - WW2 Weapons

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    Japanese carrier-based long-range fighterZeke’. History , development, service, specifications, pictures and 3d model. A brand-new Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero flying near Mt Fuji in early 1941.