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3 unusual facts about Mitsubishi A5M


Georgi Zakharov

During his service with the Group, which ended in November, he shot down three Japanese Mitsubishi A5M's.

Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō

Her aircraft complement consisted of six Mitsubishi A5M "Claude" and six Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" fighters, and twelve Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers.

Jiro Horikoshi

He first built the successful Mitsubishi A5M (allied codename "Claude") before he and his team at Mitsubishi were asked, in 1937, to design Prototype 12 (corresponding to the 12th year of the Showa era).



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