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Offline Greebo

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Koga's Zero
« on: September 19, 2018, 12:17:26 PM »
This skin was requested by Perdue3, thanks to Lyric1 for finding the info for it.

This A6M2 from the IJN carrier Ryujo was flown by PO1c Tadayoshi Koga during the June 3rd/4th attack on the Aleutian Islands, an operation that was designed as a diversion for the main IJN attack at Midway. During the battle Koga's Zero suffered a hit to an oil line that forced him to attempt a crash landing at a remote spot on Akutan Island. His aircraft landed on soft ground and flipped onto its back, killing Koga instantly. A month after the crash the aircraft was spotted by a PBY patrol aircraft and was later recovered mostly intact. Once restored to flying condition Koga's A6M2 proved invaluable to the USN and USAAF in assessing the Zero's strengths and weaknesses.



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Re: Koga's Zero
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2018, 12:40:38 PM »
Excellent.
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Re: Koga's Zero
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2018, 12:44:37 PM »
Nice job.   :aok
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Re: Koga's Zero
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2018, 07:05:33 PM »
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Re: Koga's Zero
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2018, 08:33:29 PM »
Excellent work and thank you very much,  :salute.
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Re: Koga's Zero
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2018, 11:44:22 PM »
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Re: Koga's Zero
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2018, 06:45:29 AM »
Looks great!  :aok
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!