
| Caption | A Zero fighter took off from Akagi for Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941 | ||||||||||
| Source | United States National Archives | ||||||||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-182252 | ||||||||||
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1 Jul 2008 02:29:06 PM
This plane´s canopy is NOT the Zero's canopy, but looks exactly like the one from an North American AT-6... Therefore this picture must be from a "Fake Zero", like the ones used to shoot the "Tora-Tora-Tora" and "Battle of Midway" Films!!!
29 Nov 2009 08:56:41 PM
The aircraft is in fact a Mitsubisi type 00 A6M5, type 22, careful, well, not really, observation will show inward cant of landing gear, also painted black, pilot's seat elevated to full height, correct position of arrestor gear,no vent aperture on aft part of rear canopy housing, unlike initial production run in 1940, aotake green/grey laquer overcoat, and about 20 other details that distinguish this as a true A6M5, not the total cheeseball jokes used in one of the worst war movies, next to pearl harbor and midway, EVER made. Only a complete novice would EVER think this was a bogus SNJ parading as a zero.
23 Dec 2009 04:32:07 PM
The aircraft in question is:
Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type O Carrier Fighter
Model 21, Code Name (Zeke)
Armament: Two 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns w/
680 rpg with about 45 seconds firing time, and two wing-mounted 20mm Type 99 cannons w/ about 7 seconds firing time.
Note*
All weapons could not fire at the same time
machine guns and cannons were fired separately. Most Japanese pilots, would use machine guns to lead the target, and within range, use cannons.
The Zero was also built by Nakajima Aircraft
Total production was 10,449 Fighters.
The A6M3 Model 22 or Model 22A (A6M3a) used
improved Sakae 21 engines, and mounted long-
barrel 20mm cannons w/ increase of 100 rpg
The A6M5 Model 52 was in frontline service
in the autumm of 1943.
The Zero was designed light as possible the
aircraft had outstanding maeuverability,long
range,but no armor protection until the
later models of zero aircraft.
27 Dec 2009 01:10:44 PM
Photograph of Zero taking off:
Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21, Flown by PO/2
Petty Officer 2 Class, Masao Taniguchi takes
off from Carrier Akagi, Carrier Division One
7,December 1941.