Registration / Serial: | 81-161 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Mitsubishi A6M Reisen |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Mitsubishi A6M Reisen |
Aircraft Version: | Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen (Zero) |
C/n (msn): | 4240 |
Operator Titles: | Japan - Navy |
Unit Markings: | 281 Kokutai |
City / Area: | Tokyo / Yushukan Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Country: | Japan |
Collection: | Yushukan Museum |
Photo Date: | 4 November 2012 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Photo ID: | 481367Submit Correction |
View count: | 323 |
A6M5 on display at the Yushukan at Yasukuni Shrine. This Zero was recovered from Rabaul in 1974. It was made by Mistubishi in Nagoya and carries its spinner. The wings and fuselage are from S/No. 4240, and other parts are from No. 4241. It wears the code of the 281st Kokutai, formed at Maizuru on 20 Feb 1943 with 48 Zero fighters. The unit was sent to Paramushir in the Kurile Islands in 1943. It was transferred to Roi Is. in Dec. 1943 where it was decimated, all personnel being killed as naval infantry.
Registration / Serial: | 81-161 |
Aircraft Version: | Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen (Zero) |
C/n (msn): | 4240 |
Operator Titles: | Japan - Navy |
City / Area: | Tokyo / Yushukan Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Country: | Japan |
Photo Date: | 4 November 2012 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Registration / Serial: | 81-161 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Mitsubishi A6M Reisen |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Mitsubishi A6M Reisen |
Aircraft Version: | Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen (Zero) |
C/n (msn): | 4240 |
Operator Titles: | Japan - Navy |
Unit Markings: | 281 Kokutai |
City / Area: | Tokyo / Yushukan Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Country: | Japan |
Collection: | Yushukan Museum |
Photo Date: | 4 November 2012 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Photo ID: | 481367Submit Correction |
View count: | 323 |
A6M5 on display at the Yushukan at Yasukuni Shrine. This Zero was recovered from Rabaul in 1974. It was made by Mistubishi in Nagoya and carries its spinner. The wings and fuselage are from S/No. 4240, and other parts are from No. 4241. It wears the code of the 281st Kokutai, formed at Maizuru on 20 Feb 1943 with 48 Zero fighters. The unit was sent to Paramushir in the Kurile Islands in 1943. It was transferred to Roi Is. in Dec. 1943 where it was decimated, all personnel being killed as naval infantry.
Registration / Serial: | 81-161 |
Aircraft Version: | Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen (Zero) |
C/n (msn): | 4240 |
Operator Titles: | Japan - Navy |
City / Area: | Tokyo / Yushukan Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Country: | Japan |
Photo Date: | 4 November 2012 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |