A6M2 Zero - Tainan Kokutai Canvas | INCLUDES: Wing Section Piece

This genuine aluminum fragment originates comes from an A6M2 Model 21 Zero Fighter of the Tainan Kaigun Kokutai, the same unit served by WWII ace Saburo Sakai. Recovered in the 1980s and acquired through the Museum of the Pacific (which closed in 2016), the fragment originates from the outer wing section of the aircraft and still retains original Imperial Japanese Navy green paint along with remnants of the red Hinomaru, the Japanese national insignia.Close-up view of the A6M2 Zero - Tainan Kaigan Kokutai wing aluminum fragments The aircraft (serial number unknown) was abandoned at Vunakanau Airfield in Papua New Guinea, known to the Japanese as "Rabaul Number 2." Like many Japanese fighters later in the war, this Zero adopted the green paint scheme used by the Imperial Japanese Navy. After decades of neglect, the aircraft was eventually moved to Tobera Airfield. Aces in Action obtained this and other relics from the Museum of the Pacific, which show clear evidence of the aircraft's or