Aircraft History
Built by Mitsubishi, estimated date of assembly July 1943. Assigned to ? Kokutai.

Wartime History
Transported to Rabaul during mid-1943 and assigned to ? Kōkūtai. Flown from Rabaul to Bougainville. It was left damaged, abandoned or unserviceable at Kara Airfield (Toripoil).

As a morale boosting exercise for the 60-70 maintenance personnel at the airfield a composite Zero was repaired, using spare parts from many Zeros abandoned at Kara Airfield (Toripoil), including the tail section of 3844.

The engine cowl, accessory cowl, gun port panels and gun blast panels of this Zero were used to repair A6M3 Zero 3844 was repaired to flyable condition by July 1945.

References
The Mitsubishi Zero - Identity by Peter Lewis about identification numbers and parts

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May 11, 2025