A6m Zero-sen Aces 1940-43

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen was Japan`s Spitfire. In continuous development and operational service from the time of the Sino-Japanese war in 1940 to the end of the Pacific War in 1945, it is held in almost mythical awe, similar to Britain`s legendary fighter aircraft. At the time of its operational debut the fighter`s design features offered the revolutionary combination of an all-round vision canopy, cannon armament and a jettisonable drop tank giving it phenomenal range. This volume, the first of two on the A6M Zero-sen, covers the use of the A6M2 variant from its debut in China to the Solomons Campaign, and also tells the story of the A6M2-N `Rufe` floatplane fighter aces.