Corgi AA33109 Mitsubishi Zero A6M Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary

AA33109 Mitsubishi Zero A6M Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary
Product Info
Mitsubishi A6M2 ZeroBII-I24, Pilot Unknown, 2nd attack wave fighter escort, 1st aircraft tolaunch, IJN Carrier Hiryu, Pearl Harbor Raid, 7th December, 1941Even before the first attack wave had hit military facilities on the HawaiianIsland of Oahu at the commencement of the Pearl Harbor raid, the secondof three planned attack waves were already taking off from their homecarriers, which were steaming through the Pacific Ocean. Still unawareof what opposition they would be facing, this second attack waveconsisted of 35 Mitsubishi Zero fighters, 78 Aichi Val dive bombersand 54 Nakajima Kate bombers, some equipped with torpedoes.The primary mission of the Zero fighters was to protect the strikeaircraft from potential US fighter attack, but if opposition provedto be light, their secondary task was to strafe the airfields on theIsland, destroying as many US aircraft as they could on the ground.Additional Zeros were retained to perform combat air patrols,protecting the naval task force from possible attack. Although thepilot of this particular Zero is unknown, it is thought that this fighterwas the first aircraft to take off from the second attack wave on themorning of 7th December 1941 and is unusual because the last numbersof its tail markings cannot be seen, as it appears to have recently requiredthe replacement of its rudder. It carries the two blue stripes which identifythis as a fighter from the Imperial Japanese Navy carrier Hiryu,part of the Second Carrier Division.
Tech Specs
Item Length – Without Packaging (cm)
12.6
Item Scale
1:72 Scale
Finish
Painted
Colour
Grey
Wingspan (mm)
167
Detailed Crew Figures
Yes
Fine Rigging Detail
No
Fixed Undercarriage
No
Folding Wings
No
Fuel Tanks
Yes
Movable Sweeping Wings
No
Moving Parts
No
Moving Rear/Ventral Gun(s)
No
Open/Closed Airbrake
No
Opening Bomb Bay Doors
No
Opening Canopy
No
Opening Radio Hatch
No
Optional Undercarriage Down
Yes
Removeable Engine Covers
No
Rotatable Propeller(s)/Rotor(s)
Yes
Rotatable Turret(s)
No
Sliding Door
No
Stationary Drooping Rotor Blades
No
Visible Gun Bay
No
Wood Grain Effect Propeller
Yes
Aviation Archive Special Features
Pearl Harbor
Aviation Photo-etched Aerial(s)
No
Aviation Armament/Weapons
No