The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden is a single-engined, land-based fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. Its Allied reporting name was Jack.
Profile view of a Mitsubishi J2M Raiden
Two J2Ms of the 381 Kōkūtai in British Malaya being tested and evaluated by Japanese naval aviators under close supervision of RAF officers from Seletar Airfield in December 1945.
A J2M3 Model 21 in the Planes of Fame
The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-capable fighter aircraft that was manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, which was part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It was operated by the I
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden
…by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. Its Allied reporting name was Jack. The J2M was designed by Jiro Horikoshi, creator of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, to meet the 14-Shi (14th year of the Showa reign, or 1939 in the Western calendar) official specification. It was to be a strictly local-defense…
An A6M3 Model 22 N712Z, operated by the Commemorative Air Force So Cal Wing
A Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" Model 21 takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi, to attack Pearl Harbor
The cockpit (starboard console) of an A6M2 which crashed into Building 52 at Fort Kamehameha during the attack on Pearl Harbor, killing the pilot
A Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero wreck abandoned at Munda Airfield, Central Solomons, 1943