Mitsubishi A6M Zero facts for kids
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero, often called just the A6M Zero or simply the Zero was a long range carrier based Japanese fighter aircraft during World War II. The aircraft was built by Mitsubishi, making its first flight in 1939, and entering naval service in 1940. It was the primary fighter used by Japan during the war. It was the primary adversary of US Naval aircraft such as the Grumman F4F Wildcat, Vought F4U Corsair, and later the Grumman F6F Hellcat, which was specifically designed to combat the Zero. The A6M Zero was used throughout the entire war.
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Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" Model 21 takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi, to attack Pearl Harbor.
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Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero wreck abandoned at Munda Airfield, Central Solomons, 1943
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A6M2 Zero photo c. 2004
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Carrier A6M2 and A6M3 Zeros from the aircraft carrier Zuikaku preparing for a mission at Rabaul
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A6M3 Model 22, flown by Japanese ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa over the Solomon Islands, 1943
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Wrecked A6M Zero in Peleliu jungle
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A Zero over China
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A6M3 Model 32.
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Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52s among other aircraft types abandoned by the Japanese at the end of the war (Atsugi naval air base) and captured by US forces.
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A6M5c Zeros preparing to take part in a kamikaze attack in early 1945
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A6M8 Type 64: one of two prototypes being tested by US Forces at Misawa Airbase
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A6M2 Model 21 on display at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States. This aircraft was made airworthy in the early 1980s before it was grounded in 2002.
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A6M5 on display at the National Air and Space Museum, United States
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A6M5 on display at Yūshūkan in Tokyo, Japan
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A6M on display at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
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An A6M at the National Museum of the USAF, painted to represent a section leader's aircraft from the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
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2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba (N553TT)
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A6M on display at Dirgantara Mandala Museum, Indonesia
See also
In Spanish: Mitsubishi A6M Zero para niños
