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Caption | A6M3 Zero fighters formerly based aboard carrier Zuikaku preparing for takeoff at Rabaul, New Britain, Nov 1943 ww2dbase | ||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Rabaul, New Britain, Australian New Guinea | ||||
Date | Nov 1943 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseWikimedia Commons | ||||
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Licensing | This work originating in Japan is in the public domain. According to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970, a work is in the public domain if it was created or published before 1 Jan 1957. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 1,060 x 578 pixels |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2.
Bill says:
9 May 2010 01:55:21 PM
Mix of A6M2 "Zeke" Model 21(foreground) and A6M3 Model 22 "Hamp" waiting takeoff.
Their mission is in support of Japanese Naval
Operations in the Soloman Islands Campaign.

9 May 2010 01:55:21 PM
Mix of A6M2 "Zeke" Model 21(foreground) and A6M3 Model 22 "Hamp" waiting takeoff.
Their mission is in support of Japanese Naval
Operations in the Soloman Islands Campaign.
3.
Bill says:
18 Nov 2010 07:18:28 PM
Aircraft are from the 582nd Air Group they
are ex-Zuikaku aircraft.
Other sources say photograph was take at
Buin (Kahili airstrip) late 1943.

18 Nov 2010 07:18:28 PM
Aircraft are from the 582nd Air Group they
are ex-Zuikaku aircraft.
Other sources say photograph was take at
Buin (Kahili airstrip) late 1943.
4.
Bill says:
12 Jan 2012 08:37:33 PM
Not all Imperial Naval pilots were carrier
qualified this was the Navy's goal, but once
the war in China started it was abandon and impractical taking land-based pilots and reassigning them to carriers.
The land-based pilots would have to retrain
and qualify for carrier duty.
The Navy had already trained its carrier qualified pilots it took about two years to
train a pilot based on pre-war training the
pilot losses at Pearl Harbor was 1/4 of a
pre-war class this type of slow pace pilot training couldn't keep up with combat losses.
As the war continued, replacement pilot training was rushed the men who went through this war time training, would never have been selected or completed pre-war pilot training the pre-war high-standards lost out to the demand for pilots.

12 Jan 2012 08:37:33 PM
Not all Imperial Naval pilots were carrier
qualified this was the Navy's goal, but once
the war in China started it was abandon and impractical taking land-based pilots and reassigning them to carriers.
The land-based pilots would have to retrain
and qualify for carrier duty.
The Navy had already trained its carrier qualified pilots it took about two years to
train a pilot based on pre-war training the
pilot losses at Pearl Harbor was 1/4 of a
pre-war class this type of slow pace pilot training couldn't keep up with combat losses.
As the war continued, replacement pilot training was rushed the men who went through this war time training, would never have been selected or completed pre-war pilot training the pre-war high-standards lost out to the demand for pilots.
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9 Nov 2009 06:04:07 PM
Information above photograph:
Line up of Zero 21's, at Truk, Japan's great naval base in the Carolines.
Taking off from from this island base, with
a 76 gallon drop tank a pilot with good fuel
management, by leaning the fuel mixture and throttling back to a slow cruise speed of 130 mph, a pilot could keep his Zero in the air between 10 and 12 hours.
This was a feat unapprochable by any fighter
of the time.