Crash Site A6M2 Model 21 Zero 31870 Tail 53-122

Cape Lambert
East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

A6M2 Model 21 Zero 31870 was ditched at Cape Lambert on 18 January 1945. Its wreckage was salvaged in August 1972 and is exhibited in Tokyo Science Museum.

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Text by: Kaj Metz

Photo(s): San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives