![The B-17 bomber flown by Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., is shadowed by a Zero piloted by famed Japanese ace Saburo Sakai, who shot Kelly down on December 10, 1941.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WW-Ordnance-1-4C-Jul02-e1710794412640-760x428.jpg)
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The Mitsubishi Zero Gave ‘Made in Japan’ New Respect
By Joseph M. HorodyskiThe psychological and military shock that the Allies experienced when they first encountered Mitsubishi’s legendary A6M2 Zero fighter plane at the beginning of the Pacific War may be difficult to understand today. Read more