Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter

Zero Fighter type 22

     Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter is one of the most famous fighter plane in Japan. The plane was a naval fighter plane of Imperial Japanese Navy at World War Second. Zero Fighter is called "Reshiki Kanjyo Sentouki (零式艦上戦闘機)" in Japanese, and it was one of the best fighter plane at the beginning of 1940s. 

type 52

     Zero Fighter did the first flight on March 16 in 1939 at Kagamihara Japan, and the Japanese Navy used this plane until the end of the war on August 15 in 1945. When Zero Fighter first fight with enemies, many people did not believe the spec of Zero Fighter because Zero Fighter was very strong and had high spec. For example, at that time, all fighter planes in the world could fly about 500km. However, Zero Fighter could fly about 3500km. The family of Zero Fighter consists of six airplanes that are type 21, 32, 22, 52, 53/63, and 54/64. 

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