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    Airframe Family: Mitsubishi A6M
    Latest Model:A6M2 Type 0 Model 21
    Last Military Serial:V-173 JASDF
    Construction Number:5784
    Compressed ID:Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 0 Model 21 sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Australian War Memorial Aircraft Hall, Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1942

    Constructed as an A6M2 Type 0 Model 21.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force with s/n V-173.

    From Circa 1945 to Circa 1974

    Abandoned at Gasmata Airfield, where it lay undisturbed until 1974.

    Circa 1988

    Restoration completed at Wagga Wagga, NSW.

    Circa 1988

    The restoration contains parts from two other Zeros: A6M2 3618 and A6M5 4043.

    October 1988


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At the Australian Bicentennial Air Show at RAAF Richmond in 1988.

    To Australian War Memorial Aircraft Hall, Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
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    Markings Applied: V-173

    27 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: On display at the Australian War Museum in Canberra, ACT, Australia
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