Zero
Mitsubishi A6M2 “Zero” Model 21 takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi, to attack Pearl Harbor.
Well, this is the last post of this series, and I have succeeded in keeping slightly ahead of myself for the whole Challenge!
This last post is about aircrafts and engineering, and bravery.
The “Zero” was one of the finest fighters of WWII. It was the Mitsubishi A6M (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter) in service in the Japanese Imperial Navy from 1940 to 1944. In the early operations of the Pacific War it was considered as the most capable carrier-based fighter in the world, and gained a legendary reputation as a dogfighter, achieving a kill ratio of 12 to 1. After 1942 US industrial might and engineering skills more than offset this advantage, with more powerful engines, better weaponry and manoeuvrability approaching the Zero. War accelerates everything, technical progress, and the destruction of man.
Why was it called the Zero???
Love old airplanes their engines are sexy…
We did the a to z – give yourself a big congrats
onward and upward my friend
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and to you dear friend, found it easier than last year, maybe because the weather was nasty enough not to tempt me! Don’t know about Zero, the full name was: Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter (in Japanese).
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