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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Japanese fighter pilots were modern-day aerial warriors more focused on duty and honor than in survival. They wanted a swift and light fighter, a modern aerial equivalent to the Katana sword carried by the medieval Samurai.
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero (also known as ‘The Zero’) was a versatile fighter aircraft, usually used as ambush aircraft, bomber attackers and sometimes escorts. People would often rate the A6M a ‘Zero’ out of 10. It was the primary fighter used by Japan during the war.
Main Japanese naval fighter of WW2, the legendary A6M gained an aura of invincibility in the first year of the war in the Pacific, brushing aside all opposition, but its advantages became problems in 44-45.
The reason the Japanese Navy wanted to ensure that every Zero taken down intact was destroyed was because the Zero was the preeminent fighter of the day.
Mitsubishi A6M Zero History. 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.