A6M2 P&W R-1830 1000 hp / 746 kW engine with Hamilton Standard prop
A6M2 Model 21 5356 / N58245 P&W R-1830 power. Previously painted EII-102 changed to EII-142
Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 32
Zero during its restoration at Legend Flyers, September, 2015.
The Legend Flyers Museum’s Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 32 Zero sitting outside the Legend Flyers workshop in Everett, Washington during 2021. The resurrection of this aircraft is based upon the forward fuselage and wings belonging to s/n 3148 and the aft fuselage and tail from s/n 3145.
Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 Zero serial number 3489 on Taroa Island before recovery. This aircraft is presently on display in “as-found” condition with the Imperial War Museum in Britain.
The forward fuselage and wings from A6M3 Zero Type 32 s/n 3148 sitting where they were found on Taroa Island circa 1990.
The rear fuselage of A6M3 Zero Model 32 s/n 3145 in Boise, Idaho circa 1993.
A closeup view of the fuselage which shows the vestigial remains of the kanji script detailing the donor responsible for funding the aircraft’s manufacture. Note that a rectangular section of skin has been cut from the airframe – this is where the HKK number would have been.
A6M3 Zero Model 32 s/n 3030 sitting disabled at the former IJN airstrip in Buna, New Guinea circa December, 1942. This aircraft was salvaged soon after, along with several other examples nearby, and transported to Brisbane, Australia for resurrection into a flying example to evaluate.
The image purporting to show A6M3 s/n 3145 HKK 994 on Taroa Island. It is actually a doctored U.S. Army image of A6M3 s/n3030 HKK 872 photographed at the former Japanese airstrip in Buna, New Guinea captured circa December, 1942.
This is the unaltered wartime image of A6M3 Model 32 s/n 3030 HKK 872 taken at Buna, New Guinea during December, 1942.
A wartime image showing pilot Shin-Ichi Hasegawa posing atop the actual HKK 994 at an IJN base situated on Timor Island.
Pilot Officer Kyoshi Ito posing in HKK 994
Pilots posing beside HKK 994
An Imperial Japanese Navy Pilot posing beside a Zero which we believe to be s/n 3145.
An Imperial Japanese Navy Pilot posing beside a Zero which we believe to be s/n 3145.
The Imperial Japanese Navy pilot posing beside a Zero which we believe to be s/n 3145. Note that the kanji text is identical to the sponsor discovered on 30145’s rear fuselage.
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