mitsubishia6m2
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- mitsubishi
- mitsubishia6mzero
- mitsubishia6m
- a6mzero
- mitsubishizero
- mitsubishia6m2zero
- a6m2zero
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- akutanzero
- unitedstatesnavy
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- buno4053
- 4053
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- akutanalaska
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The last upload was August 2018.
world war two image from SDASM Archives uploaded August 2018
world war two pearl harbor from SDASM Archives uploaded June 2018
Ray Wagner Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2016
Ray Wagner Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2016
Ray Wagner Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2016
Ray Wagner Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2016
Wagner Book from SDASM Archives uploaded January 2015
Mitsubishi, A6M2, Zeke from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero "Akutan Zero" from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
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Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero "Akutan Zero"
from SDASM Archives
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Gerry Asher said:
The "Akutan Zero," recovered virtually intact after a fatal landing accident in the Aleutians, was recovered by the Navy and taken to NAS North Island for evaluation. Its flight testing results were directly responsible for the design of Grumman's F6F "Hellcat." Here, LCDR Eddie R. Sanders takes the "Zero" up for its initial test filght at North Island, 20 September 1942. This particular image has been retouched, darkening the wing and cowling leading edges to delineate them from the background - and blanking out the national insignia ("star" in the roundel) under the left wing, most likely for printing in another publication as a "Japanese" Zero...