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Not really big news but the museum just completed restoration on a Zero and now have it on display. It is only the second Japanese aircraft on display, the other being a George still sporting a bullet hole.
Perhaps they should visit the Pacific and rescue a few more.

Hi there,

Thanks for the update.
Here are details on that A6M2 Zero.
If anyone has any photos after re-restoration to add, let me know

A6M2 Zero 5450
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/a6m2/5450.html

Here are details on the George mentioned also

N1K2 George 5128
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/n1k2/5128.html

Hello
I am a little confused. How long has the Zero been at the Museum? The pics date back to 2003 I have been in Pensacola since 2006 and the plane has not been on display until recently and the only reason I found out about it and made another visit to the museum was due to a news article in flight journal. the aircraft I saw had a very poor green paint job and was hanging from the cieling.

I will also try to get some pics of the Zero this weekend and send them your way

Here are some pics of the re-restored Zero at the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola FL along with a pic of the George and the bullet hole in the fuselage.

Japanese Zero

















George with bullet hole in the side from American GI shooting into the cockpit incase of Japanese soldiers hiding in ambush.