Aircraft History
Built by Nakajima, estimated assembly date December 1942. Houkoku Number 1033 (patriotic presentation number).

Wartime History
Abandoned at Kahilli Airfield.

Recovery
Fuselage section (cockpit and rear portion) recovered by Robert Diemert in 1969, along with: A6M2 3471, A6M2 CN? and a D3A2 3178, in addition to other Zero parts from other wrecks. These relics were transported to Jackson Airport at Port Moresby where they were stored for a month, before being transported to Canada in January 1969.

Restoration Use
Used in Diemert's restoration of the Zeros, two of which would be made to fly. In 1990, the de-skinned front fuselage section, all that remained of this aircraft after the restoration work, was sold to the Blayd Corporation (John & Earl Calverley) in 1990. Only the right machine gun cover is still in the Blayd collection.

References
Thanks to Ryan Toews for additional information
Yokoi Houkoku List

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