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    Airframe Family: Mitsubishi A6M
    Latest Model:A6M7 Type 0 Model 63
    Last Military Serial:E-143 IJNAF
    Construction Number:23186
    Compressed ID:Mitsubishi A6M7 Type 0 Model 63 sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:San Diego Air and Space Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as an A6M7 Type 0 Model 63.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force with s/n E-143.

    1945

    Captured by US troops at Yokosuka Airfield, Japan.

    1945

    Transported by ship.
    To USA aboard USS Wasp.

    1962

    To National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.

    By 1980

    Loaned to New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
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    Restored.

    1981

    Leased to San Diego Air and Space Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
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    1984

    Restored.

    31 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: EXHIBITED AT SAN DIEGO AEROSPACE MUSEUM

    31 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at San Diego Air and Space Museum, California
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