IJN
1945
Aircraft History
Built by Mitsubishi
Wartime
History
Reportedly, this Zero flew across from Halmahera with several
G4M Betty bombers carrying the Japanese surrender delegation for the surrender
of Japanese forces on September 9, 1945.
At Moratai and repaired by engineers from RAAF 79 Squadron and repainted with RAAF roundel markings and stripped to bare aluminium finish. It is unknown what the fate of this aircraft was after the war.
References
Thanks to Ryan Toews for aircraft history.
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