22383 Restored Zero on display at the JMSDF Naval Air Museum, Kanoya. Parts of this Type 52 were raised from the seabed at Fukiagehama, Kaseda city. Kanoya was one of the biggest IJN bases from which such Zeros carried out almost half the navy’s Tokko or special attack missions, in this case to Okinawa under Operation Kikusui.
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