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PAPUA. ALLIES ATTACK BUNA. ONE OF THE ZERO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT HIT BY THE ALLIED AIR FORCE ON THE AIR STRIP AT BUNA. THESE WERE THE FIRST PICTURES EVER TAKEN OF THE NEW TYPE OF ZERO FIGHTER. MAIN POINT OF DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE NEW TYPE ZERO HAS SQUARE WING TIPS. ORIGINALLY THE SQUARE WING TIP HAD LED TO THE BELIEF THE GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT BF109 AIRCRAFT WERE BEING USED BY THE JAPANESE IN THIS AREA.
PAPUA. ALLIES ATTACK BUNA. ONE OF THE ZERO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT HIT BY THE ALLIED AIR FORCE ON THE AIR STRIP AT BUNA. THESE WERE THE FIRST PICTURES EVER TAKEN OF THE NEW TYPE OF ZERO FIGHTER. MAIN POINT O
PAPUA. BUNA. CAPTURED AIR STRIP AT BUNA. JAPANESE LEFT BEHIND PLANES STRAFED BY ALLIED FIGHTERS. NOTE BULLET HOLES IN WING OF ZERO. THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW TYPE SQUARE WING ZERO AIRCRAFT.
PAPUA. BUNA. CAPTURED AIR STRIP AT BUNA. JAPS LEFT BEHIND PLANES STRAFED BY ALLIED FIGHTERS. NOTE BULLET HOLES IN WING OF ZERO. THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW TYPE SQUARE WING ZERO AIRCRAFT.
PAPUA. CAPTURED AIR-STRIP AT BUNA. JAPANESE LEFT BEHIND PLANES STRAFED BY ALLIED FIGHTERS. NOTE BULLET HOLES IN WING OF ZERO AIRCRAFT. THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW TYPE SQUARE WING ZERO.
A DAMAGED AND ABANDONED JAPANESE MITSUBISHI A6M3 NAVY TYPE O MODEL 32 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT NEAR THE BUNA AIRSTRIP. THIS AIRCRAFT BELONGED TO THE JAPANESE NAVY'S 2ND AIR GROUP (582) FIGHTER SQUADRON, RENAM
Poretta, Corsica, France. May 1944. Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, operating from a base in Corsica. On its first operation this fighter squadron shot down a Messer
