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Mitsubishi A5M
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The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter, experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, company designatio
An A5M2b with arrestor hook and drop tank
An A5M2b with arrestor hook and drop tank
First prototype with inverted gull wing
First prototype with inverted gull wing
An A5M from the aircraft carrier Akagi in flight with an external fuel tank (1938 or 1939)
An A5M from the aircraft carrier Akagi in flight with an external fuel tank (1938 or 1939)
A5M4-K
A5M4-K
Jiro Horikoshi
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Jiro Horikoshi was a Japanese aeronautical engineer. He was the chief engineer of several Japanese fighter aircraft designs used during World War II, most notably the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, as w
Mitsubishi A5M
…1934) specification produced designs from both Mitsubishi and Nakajima. Mitsubishi assigned the task of designing the new fighter to a team led by Jiro Horikoshi (original creator of the similar but unsuccessful Mitsubishi 1MF10, and later responsible for the famous A6M Zero). The resulting design, designated…
Horikoshi while a student at Tokyo Imperial University
Horikoshi while a student at Tokyo Imperial University
Horikoshi (center) and members of the A6M1 design team, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (July 1937)
Horikoshi (center) and members of the A6M1 design team, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (July 1937)
Horikoshi (October 1938)
Horikoshi (October 1938)