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The Mitsubishi A9M2 - Japan's First Jet Fighter

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Mitsubishi A9M2 'John' - 2nd Koko Sentai, Imperial Japanese Navy, 1942

 

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Lovely but... 42? '44 maaaybe, 42 seems too early.

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I'm wondering if they were totaly developped by Mitsubishi or if Heinkel sent them Erich Warsitz as an advisor.

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I know, I know, but I'd seen a 'Zero' profile with those markings (Darwin Islands 1942) and went with it.

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Outstanding - it does have a very Heinkel look about it!

it's in fact DAT's new Heinkel masquaraded

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