During World War II, there was a catch that change the course of the fight, the Akutan Zero, with the information obtained it was possible to fight the invincible any time Zero.
PACIFIC WAR
The superiority of Japanese naval aviation at the beginning of World War II, was indisputable, the Mitsubishi Zero defeated everything the allies were put in front, P-40, Buffalos, CW-21, P-36 and the poor P- 35, only the Wildcat could confront him with some chance of survival, not winning; but during the attack on the Aleutian a Zero was damaged, its pilot, Lieutenant Koga, thought to make a forced landing, find the lonely island of Akutan, and saw a more or less flat terrain, approached, landed, but not knew to him a water ditch across his makeshift landing zone, the landing gear got stuck, the plane turned around and killed the pilot. In his carrier he declare lost and forgot about it.
A month later a Catalina off course by bad weather, find the Zero flipped, a rescue team was organized immediately to rescue the apparatus. which was immediately sent to the U.S. for evaluation, their strengths and weaknesses were found, particularly its lightweight construction and high torca engine, which had to do a pilot to escape the superior Zero was to reach a good acceleration and turn right, it was impossible for the Japanese fighter to maneuver, this information saved the lives of many pilots. And better yet, the next generation of American fighters was based on the tech information, and be able and could outmaneuver the Zero, but they were better armed, better armored and more speed. were able to be fight the Zero when they wanted.
Zero there are tons of brands and scale models, just make sure that it is a Type 21, in order to make the plane of Akutan. This is from Arifx, El Viejo Marino Paint, all decoration handbrushed.
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