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: 218
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: 218
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