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    The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-based fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy...
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    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)...
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    but unsuccessful Mitsubishi 1MF10, and later responsible for the famous A6M Zero). The resulting design, designated Ka-14 by Mitsubishi, was an all-metal...
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    manufactured military aircraft under the direction of Dr. Jiro Horikoshi. The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a primary naval fighter of the Japanese military. It was used...
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    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...
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    on the Mitsubishi F-2 in 1995. The F-2 is nicknamed "Viper Zero", a reference to the F-16's unofficial nickname of "Viper" and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero....
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    as Koga's Zero (古賀のゼロ) and the Aleutian Zero, was a type 0 model 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Japanese fighter aircraft piloted by Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga...
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    was "Jack". The J2M was designed by Jiro Horikoshi, creator of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, to meet the 14-Shi (14th year of the Showa reign, or 1939 in the...
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    Jiro Horikoshi (category Mitsubishi Heavy Industries people)
    engineer of many Japanese fighter designs of World War II, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter. Jiro Horikoshi was born near the city of Fujioka, Gunma...
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    the Mitsubishi A6M Zero Model 11. The Allied reporting name for the aircraft was Rufe. The A6M2-N floatplane was developed from the Mitsubishi A6M Type...
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  • wooden yacht being strafed and destroyed by two Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters, killing three of the five crew members. The F-14s are...
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    G3Ms attacked alongside 27 Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers. These bombers followed an 81-strong first wave of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, Aichi D3A dive...
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  • famous Mitsubishi A6M ("Zero") fighter was an improvement of the A5M and had a maximum speed of 500 km/h (310 mph). Also, well known was the Mitsubishi Ki-46...
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    Ohashi) 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters 36 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers 1st Air Group at Aur and Wotje (Capt. Samaji Inoue) 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters...
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    aid only)   9 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters 19 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers 16 Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers 12 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters...
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    times to simulate various historical aircraft, including the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. A total of 15,495 T-6s of all variants were built. The Texan's...
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    flaps created more lift, thereby allowing tighter turns. Unlike the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Shiden Kai could compete against the best late-war Allied...
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    site of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter. In early 2013, Pratt & Whitney delayed PW1200G certification to the "latter half" of 2014. Mitsubishi announced...
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    the Kure Naval District Large objects exhibition room - containing a Mitsubishi A6M Zero model 62, a Kaiten human torpedo and a Kairyū-class submarine 1:1...
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    had to offer and become a sort of spiritual successor to the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero. However, the decision to joint-develop the aircraft with the US...
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    being unstable and overweight, especially when compared to the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Several nations, including Finland, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands...
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    Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second...
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  • mechanism. Kawanishi H6K Kawanishi H8K Kawanishi N1K Mitsubishi A6M Mitsubishi G3M Mitsubishi G4M Mitsubishi J2M Nakajima J1N The Type 99 Mark 2 was a heavier...
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    Rabaul) 17 Mitsubishi G4M Type 1 "Betty" land attack bombers Tainan Air Group (based at Lae and Rabaul) 18 Mitsubishi A6M Zero "Zeke"   6 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude"...
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    located in Kanuma, that manufactured parts, including rudders, for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. During the war, the firm relocated to Utsunomiya. The company...
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    submarine 19 June) Shōkaku (sunk by submarine 19 June) Zuikaku Air Unit 79 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters 70 Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bombers   7 Aichi D3A "Val"...
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    East, where it proved largely incapable of matching the Japanese-built Mitsubishi A6M Zero. During the later stages of the conflict, it was relegated from...
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    December 27, Bong claimed his initial aerial victory, shooting down a Mitsubishi A6M "Zero", and a Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" over Buna (during the Battle of...
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  • Horikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, used by the Empire of Japan during...
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    and longer-ranged Mitsubishi A6M Zero. US Navy pilots, including John "Jimmy" Thach, a pioneer of fighter tactics to deal with the A6M Zero, were greatly...
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