File:Mitsubishi A6M2 NASA GPN-2000-001245.jpg

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English: A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen (Allied code "Zeke" or "Zero") at the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Langley Research Center, Virginia (USA), on 8 March 1943. On 4 June 1942 a Japanese task force launched a strike against Dutch Harbor, Alaska (USA), from the aircraft carriers Ryujo and Junyo. Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga was flying an A6M2 from the Ryujo. On the way back to his carrier, he discovered of bullets had pierced his fuel tanks. Therefore he headed for an emergency landing on the bleak marshes of Akutan Island which had been designated as an emergency landing area. However, the plane flipped over on its back during the landing, and Koga was killed, as he broke his neck. The A6M itself was only slightly damaged. A Japanese submarine failed to locate Koga or his plane but five weeks later an American naval scouting party found the Japanese fighter. The A6M2 was salvaged and shipped back to the USA where is was repaired and reflown, and went through an exhaustive series of tests in order to gain information about its strengths and weaknesses.
日本語: 三菱 A6M2零式艦上戦闘機 - 1943年3月8日バージニア州の国家航空宇宙諮問委員会(NACA)ラングレー・リサーチ・センターにて。古賀忠義操縦の該機はアリューシャン列島アクタン島において、ダメージがほとんどなくアメリカ軍によって回収され、分析された。
Date Taken on 8 March 1943
Source NASA photo EL-2000-00223 [1] or GPN-2000-001245 [2]
Author NACA Langley Research Center
This image or video was catalogued by Langley Research Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: GPN-2000-001245 and Alternate ID: L-32130.

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