A5M fighter of carrier Akagi in flight, 1938-1939

Caption     A5M fighter of carrier Akagi in flight, 1938-1939 ww2dbase
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Licensing  This work originating in Japan is in the public domain. According to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970, a work is in the public domain if it was created or published before 1 Jan 1957.

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1. Bill says:
10 Nov 2011 08:38:07 PM

A5M Claude V-105 assigned to carrier Akagi
coding system was used from 1937 to 1940.
Reading the code, letter "V" for aircraft carrier Akagi, the number 1 for fighter, 05 aircraft number, the tail and stabilizer continued to be painted in red. The A5M was the worlds first monoplane carrier-based fighter. Armed with 2x7.7mm machine guns with 500rpg.

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