A6M2 Zero-Sen/Zeke Diecast Model, IJNAS, V-173, Saburo Sakai, Rabaul, New Britain
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A6M2 Zero-Sen/Zeke Diecast Model, IJNAS, V-173, Saburo Sakai, Rabaul, New Britain

HM-HA8805
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$82.95

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Hobby Master 1:48 Air Power Series HA8805
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero-Sen/Zeke Diecast Model
IJNAS, V-173, Saburo Sakai, Rabaul, New Britain, June 1942

1:48 Scale   Length   Width
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero-Sen/Zeke   7.5"   9"

Sakai became a pilot in 1937. In 1938 Sakai flew an A5M Navy Type 96 fighter, scoring one victory over a DB-3 bomber. In 1940 he was chosen to test the new A6M Zero against the Chinese and in late 1941 joined the Tainan Air Group on Taiwan. He used A6M2 Zero V-173 while based on Rabaul in June and July 1942. Ordered to shoot down any Allied aircraft, military or civil Sakai refused to shoot down a C-47 when he saw a woman and a child onboard. Sakai is credited with 64 victories.