File:Abandoned Mitsubishi A6M fighter.jpeg

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An abandoned Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 32 Zero fighter. It was flown by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kazuo Tsunoda stationed at Buna base, New Guinea. The plane made a crash landing after being damaged by a USAAF Bell P-39 Airacobra on 26 August 1942.[1]

It is marked: "報国-872": Navy donated aircraft No. 872; "(方義錫)": Korean "Bang Uiseok" was a name of the donator of the plane and he was a wealthy Korean business person.
Date circa 1943
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.159.030
Author U.S. Navy

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