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  A6M3 Model 32 Zero Manufacture Number 3018 Tail V-177
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Tainan Kokutai

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December 1942

Aircraft History
Built by Mitsubishi on June 15, 1942. Houkoku Number 869 (presentation number), indicating the aircraft was donated by a civilian volunteer group in Japan. Had a diagonal blue band on the fuselage.

Wartime History
Abandoned at Buna Airfield (Old Strip) upside down with its gear extended. Captured in late December 1942 with the capture of the airfield.

References
Yokoi Houkoku List
Thanks to Jim Long for assembly date

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October 1, 2009

 

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