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  A6M2 Model 21 Zero Manufacture Number ? Tail 35
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? Kokutai

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August 13, 1943

Aircraft History
Built by Nakajima. Manufacture number either 2182, 1301, 1302, 8327, 2389 or 5352. Painted overall gray with black tail number '35' and a red fuselage stripe on the rear fuselage.

Wartime History
Abandoned at Munda Airfield, likely destroyed on the ground as the fuselage shows signs of deformation from nearby bomb blasts and the propeller was unbent. Captured by the U. S. Army at the airfield in early August 1943. American Intelligence noted the manufacture number of this wreck.

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