Today, there are fewer than twenty surviving Japanese Zero fighters from World War II in the world, and only a handful are in factory original condition. Most are in museums were restored wrecks, and the aircraft that are still airworthy have had their engines replaced with American units.
Designed entirely from scratch by a 30-men team in record time, the Mitsubishi A6M quickly became the king of the sky in the Pacific War. But its history began long before the Pearl Harbor attack.
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