From its combat introduction in China in September 1940 until encounters with improved Allied fighters in 1942, the Zero dominated the skies over the Pacific. (Illustration by Adam Tooby; from Mitsubishi A6M Zero, by James D’Angina (Osprey Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC))
From its combat introduction in China in September 1940 until encounters with improved Allied fighters in 1942, the Zero dominated the skies over the Pacific.