JN078 A6M5 ‘KAMIKAZE’

     This well-worn A6M5 is painted in overall dark green on all upper surfaces and fuselage.
     As the seated pilot gives his farewell salute to his flying comrades and the ground crew he prepares to taxi his ‘Zero’ onto the flight line and take off on his one-way mission towards the enemy fleet.
     Slung underneath the fuselage, on the centre line of his Zero is a single 500-pound bomb which he will fly together with his aircraft directly into his chosen enemy target.