a6m5

A6M5 Model 52 of the 302nd AG, flown by Ens Sadaaki Akamatsu, Atsugi airfield, Japan 1945. Capable of speeds of up to 351 mph at 19,685 ft. the Model 52 was rushed into combat during the autumn of 1943, and in the hands of veteran pilots proved to be a match for the F6F and F4U. During the...

This is a repaint for the Shockwave WWII Fighters A6M5 Reisen (Zero). This aircraft belonged to the 261st Naval Air Group on Saipan 1944. It was captured by American forces after the Invasion of Saipan. I have also changed the cockpit colour to match the accepted standard of dark green or yellow...

This is a repaint for the Shockwave WWII Fighters A6M5 Reisen (Zero). I have decided to venture away from the standard green over grey standard and do something more colourfull. This aircraft belonged to the Gensan Kokotai, Wonsan, Korea 1944. It has an orange underside which usually indicates a...

Manufactured 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 261st Japanese Naval Air Corps (JNAC) under the command of LtCdr Takatora Ueda on the Japanese home island of Honshu. Within a few months the unit...

This is the A6M5 of Ens. Sadaaki Akamatsu, 302nd Naval Flying Group. Akamatsu was pre-war trained, but repeatedly broken in rank due to his off-base behaviour, his lack of respect for superiors, and his thoroughly un-Japanese individualism. Akamatsu spent his off-base time in the nearest geisha...