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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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    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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    which Mitsubishi was involved in the war was through its supply of ships, aircraft and other arms by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The Mitsubishi A6M Zero...
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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. The...
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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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    Jiro Horikoshi (category Mitsubishi Heavy Industries people)
    fighter aircraft designs used during World War II, most notably the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, as well as the NAMC YS-11. Jiro Horikoshi was born near...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    Nagumo 2 Shōkaku-class fleet carriers Shōkaku (Capt. Masafumi Arima) 27 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters (Lt. Hideki Shingo) 27 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • flight back to the Enterprise. On the return journey, six Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters from the Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū's air group,...
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    Zero" by American pilots because it bore a certain resemblance to the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Imperial Japanese Navy's counterpart to the Ki-43. Both aircraft...
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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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    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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