Mitsubishi Zero - Yamata Museum, Hiroshima

[turboplanner]

Photos taken at Hiroshima. I can email more if anyone wants to see more detail, just PM me.

 

I'm reasonably certain the old guy in the grey jacket was a genuine Zero pilot, very moving.

 

The photo on the right shows the end result. This building has been preserved; it's almost directly below Ground Zero, so the blast was vrtically downwards here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest pelorus32]

John Deakin on AvWeb describes flying a Zero - here are the links and you don't have to join up:

 

Pelican's Perch #71: The Legendary Zero (Part 1)

 

Pelican's Perch #72: The Legendary Zero (Part 2)

 

Regards

 

Mike

 

 

[turboplanner]

Doesn't he make you drool!

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Around 1970 when I was based at Richmond NSW in the RAAF, a Zero that had been recovered from PNG came through the base there. It was destined for the US and it sat on a pallet out in the open for about a week. It was in pretty good shape and complete, with the wings removed. Don't recall seeing any bullet holes, so maybe they found it at an ex-jap airfield.

 

It was the same green as the one in the photos, and had kill signs on the side, and the jap meatball etc. The canopy was missing, and as I remember I took some good shots of the exterior and cockpit, which unfortunatly I have since lost track of. They were a very manouverable machine as they were light, but couldn't take a hit as they 'flamed' easily. It departed one day in a US C-141 Starlifter, which were regular visitors to Richmond during the Viet Nam conflict. I often wonder if that was the one that ended up in the Smithsonian.....does anyone know ?................................

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

I have a great dvd on flying the zero, excellent machine could cause a lot of grief to the allies.

 

 

[jcruffle]

Around 1970 when I was based at Richmond NSW in the RAAF, a Zero that had been recovered from PNG came through the base there.

Hey Ross, you're nearly old enough to remember them operational, aren't you....?

 

JR

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

bit of a co incidence that the photo of the trades building was in a travel supplement in sundays telegraph