What You Need to Know: Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter dominated the skies over the Pacific early in World War II, ...

First flown in April 1939, the Zero was mass-produced by Mitsubishi, Nakajima ... of pilot armor and non-self-sealing fuel ...

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was among the aircrafts used in Japan's attacks on the U.S. at places like Pearl Harbor in 1942, devastating American planes at the time. The lightweight aircraft was ...