A6M2 Zero Tail Number D1-158

IJN
Hiyo

 

Aircraft History
Nakajima Type 0 Carrier Fighter, Model 21 manufacture number unknown, but close to 6249. Had a 6" red shotai-cho stripe across vertical tail surfaces and carried the call nos [D1-158] below the shotai-cho stripe, probably indicating Hiyo. No stripe markings given for fuselage, but likely one red stripe.

Wartime History
Crashed near Nugu Point, near Verahue. Investigated by American forces on April 22, 1943.

References
Via Jim Lansdale, Crashed Enemy Air Craft Reports (CEAR) CEAR No.5, April 22, 1943: Nakajima Type 0 Carrier Fighter, Model 21

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