With its low-wing cantilever monoplane layout, retractable wide-set conventional landing gear, and enclosed cockpit, the Zero was one of the most modern carrier-based aircraft in the world at the time of its introduction. It had a fairly high-lift, low-speed wing with very low wing loading.

The Museum’s A6M5 Zero was license-built by the Nakajima Aircraft Company in Oizumi, Gunma, Japan in May 1943. It entered service in July 1943 with the 261st Kokutai (Air Group), where it most likely flew patrols over Nagasaki on the Japanese island of Kyushu.

Aug 27, 2022 · Imperial Japanese Navy, 10,939 built. Just named colloquially “zero” and still popularly known as such today, the A6M, or “Mitsubishi Navy Type 0 carrier fighter” (零式艦上戦闘機) hence the number used as nickname, was the …

Nov 28, 2023 · Planes of Fame’s Mitsubishi A6M5 “Zero”, which will feature in Saturday’s “Flying Demo”, is one such example of a combat aircraft that survived WWII due to its technology, the skill of its pilots, and simple good fortune.

Armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns w/500rpg [680?] Notes: wing spar reinforced beginning with 22nd aircraft, wing tips manuually folding beginning with 65th aircraft, Aileron tab balance fitted beginning with 192nd aircraft. number built: 470 by …

The A6M5 was a modest update of the A6M3 Model 22, with nonfolding wing tips and thicker skinning to permit faster diving speeds, plus an improved exhaust system (four pipes on each side) that provided an increment of thrust.

零式艦上戰鬥機 （日语： 零式艦上戦闘機，在部分中文書籍中稱為 零式艦載戰鬥機[2] 、 零式戰鬥機[3] 、 零式戰機[注 1]）是大日本帝國海軍的單座型 艦載戰鬥機，簡稱「零戰」（日语： 零戦 、 ゼロ戦），編號「A6M」。 作為 九六式艦上戰鬥機 的後繼機，在 第二次世界大戰 期間是 大日本帝国海軍 從1940年到1945年的主力艦載 戰鬥機，從 中日戰爭 戰場初露頭角，直到 第二次世界大戰 結束，整個 太平洋 戰區都可以見其蹤影，堪稱日本海軍在二戰時期最知名的戰鬥機。 …

In spite of an increase in all-up weight of 440 pounds, the A6M5 was faster than the A6M3 Model 32, and could reach a maximum level speed of 351 mph at 19,685 feet. It had a more powerful engine and armament package. The general opinion is that the first manufacture number was A6M5 Zero 3904.

Nakajima-built A6M5 model 52 Zero, s/n 1303 [61-121] belonging to the 261 kokutai, is a well known and documented survivor from the hord captured on Saipan. It was the 303rd Nakajima-built A6M5 completed in March 1944 and captured in June.

A6M5 Model 52 was the major production version, introduced in 1943. Primarily designed to counter the increasingly capable Allied fighters and had several sub-variants incluuding the A6M5a, A6m5b and A6m5c which carried various armament configurations.