Among all the famous WWII fighter planes I have written about, there is a notable absence: Imperial Japan’s most iconic and accomplished warbird of the conflict, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. I have made ...
It'd be a little bit of hyperbole to say the Grumman F6F Hellcat single-handedly gave the U.S. military air superiority over the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Vought F4U Corsair played a huge ...
Kings and Generals on MSN
From dominance to defeat: Japan’s A6M Zero
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero once dominated the skies of the Pacific during World War II. Agile, long-ranged, and deadly, it gave ...
One reason the Zero was so successful in dogfights was its phenomenal maneuverability. The Zero was a lightweight, low-wing monoplane that generated high lift at low speeds with low-wing loading. The ...
Historical Digs on MSNOpinion
Why the A6M Zero was brilliant and doomed
The A6M Zero redefined fighter combat in the early years of World War II. Lightweight construction and extreme ...
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