MAKE A MEME View Large Image Akutan Zero in San Diego.jpg en US Navy Lieutenant Commander Eddie Sanders taxis a captured Imperial Japanese Navy Zero fighter at Naval Air Station San Diego California in September 1942 The fighter piloted by Tadayoshi Koga had crashed on ...
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Keywords: Akutan Zero in San Diego.jpg en US Navy Lieutenant Commander Eddie Sanders taxis a captured Imperial Japanese Navy Zero fighter at Naval Air Station San Diego California in September 1942 The fighter piloted by Tadayoshi Koga had crashed on Akutan Island Alaska on June 4 1942 after participating in an attack on Dutch Harbor Koga was killed in the crash On July 11 1942 the US military recovered the aircraft and sent it the US where it was put into flying operation and used for intelligence purposes http //www flickr com/photos/hawk914/530156198/sizes/o/in/set-72157606388401334/ Flickr cite book Lundstrom John B 2005 New edition First Team And the Guadalcanal Campaign Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942 Naval Institute Press ISBN 1-59114-472-8 p 534 Author 1942-09 US National Archives photo NA 80-G-12777 PD-USGov Mitsubishi A6M2 Akutan Zero
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