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Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:04 am
The wreck of an Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero" on the Japanese Airbase on Taroa, Maloelap AtollA Photo Essay by Dirk HR Spennemann
http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/ht ... 6MPix.html
Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:48 am
It certainly looks like a Zero propeller, cowling and canopy. I wonder about the wing attachment. The Zero wing and cockpit were all one piece from tip to tip. If the aircraft was shipped disassembled they removed the engine and aft fuselage. This looks like the wing is bolted to the fuselage somehow, certainly looks like the wing is separated from the fuselage which couldn't be done on a Zero without saws or torches.
Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:07 pm
John Dupre wrote:certainly looks like the wing is separated from the fuselage
Appears that way, but have a closer look at the head-on firewall shot in the 4th photo. The wing is still attached, but
heavily rotted and the view is somewhat obscured by the vegetation.
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