Among all the famous WWII fighter planes I have written about, there is a notable absence: Imperial Japan’s most iconic and accomplished warbird of the conflict, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. I have made ...
The A6M was produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and was first powered by a Nakajima Sakae radial air-cooled engine of 14 cylinders (two staggered rows of seven) that developed 1,020 horsepower. It ...