IJN
Wartime Histoty
During 1943 - 1945, this Zero fighter
was part of a study to solve a problem of ice adhering to the surfaces
of airplanes in cold areas. A center of the study was Dr. Ukichiro Nakaya
who was an expert in studying snow. It crashed on Mount
Nisekoannupuri on Hokkaido.
Discovery
On August 1990, a part of the Zero fighter was found at Mt.
Nisekoannupuri. More wreckage was discovered in late 2003, and
reported in 2004 in a Niseko National Park, crashed during an experimental
flight near the summit of the mountain.
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