The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-capable fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1940 to 1945.

Sep 7, 2018 · One of the most famous planes of the Second World War, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen, was Japan’s best fighter and the bane of Allied airmen in the Pacific. The Zero was designed to meet a tough set of specifications set down by the Japanese Navy in 1937. They wanted a plane to replace the A5M carrier fighter, also produced by Mitsubishi.

Feb 24, 2025 · Zero, fighter aircraft, a single-seat, low-wing monoplane used with great effect by the Japanese during World War II. Designed by Horikoshi Jiro, it was the first carrier-based fighter capable of besting its land-based opponents.

Nov 8, 2024 · The Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter, developed in the late 1930s, began as one of the most feared aircraft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The Zero, as it came to be known, was a breakthrough in Japanese aviation and quickly earned a fearsome reputation for its dominance in the skies.

Its distinctive design and historical impact make the Zero an important machine in air power history. The Zero got its name from its official designation, Navy Type Zero Carrier-Based Fighter (or Reisen), though the Allies code-named it "Zeke." The Zero was the successor to the A5M Type 96 "Claude."

Lightweight and maneuverable, the Zero was able to outfly and outshoot every aircraft the Allies were flying in the early 1940s. That all changed when Japan attacked the Aleutian Islands in...

On the morning of December 7, 1941, a Mitsubishi Zero fighter, tail number A1-108, takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi en route to attack Pearl Harbor and other American military installations on the island of Oahu. For a short time, the nimble …

Completed in May 1943, Zero No 61-120 was the 2,357th aircraft of its type to come off the Nakajima production line and was first assigned to the Japanese Naval Air Corps on the home island of Honshu.

Apr 23, 2013 · The phenomenally successful Mitsubishi A6M Zero originated with a specification of 1937 which called for a carrier-borne fighter of high performance to succeed the Mitsubishi A5M. A prototype – the A6M1, with a 780 hp Zuisei 13 radial engine – designed by a team led by Jiro Horikoshi made its maiden flight on 1 April 1939.

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero is expressed to have been the most efficient carrier-capable Japanese fighter aircraft during the early Second World War. It combined outstanding maneuverability and ultra-long-range capabilities and was commonly used as a land-based fighter of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.