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No. 6303. Mitsubishi A6M2 Rei-sen Type 0 Model 21 "Zeke" ("EB-2" c/n 3372) US Army Air Forces
APS No. 3436

Mitsubishi A6M2 Rei-sen Type 0 Model 21

Manufacturing of this aircraft was completed on October 21, 1941. Coded V-174 it was captured damaged by Chinese authorities on the Leizhou Liuchow china Peninsula on November 26, 1941. The aircraft was repaired at Liuchow by Chinese engineers who replaced missing engine panels by substitute panels with louvered vents as visible in 2258.

Late 1942 the aircraft flew again wearing Chinese markings and serial P-5016. Early in 1943 it was flown to Karachi, Pakistan and from there was shipped to the USA. During the transport it was damaged again and repaired by Curtiss. In USAAF markings and coded EB-2 the aircraft was tested by the Evaluation Branch at Wright Field, Ohio and coded as EB-200 at the Army Proving Grounds at Eglin Field, Florida. Its fate is unknown.

Created March 31, 2007