Enough red I thought I'd write in lime green for a while. Anyways, this is a Mitsubishi Zero more often referred to as the Jap Zero. This plane was light and quick, but it had a problem with the main fuel tank positioned right behind the engine, which had a tendancy to explode in the pilots face upon assult by machine gun fire. This had its advantages though, part of the reason the Zero had such manueverablility was the lack of fuel weight in the wings.

Only 1 Zero (parked in a hanger in Chico Ca.) remains in flying condition today with a few souped up T6 Texans (an american plane similar in exterior apearance to the Zero) painted to look like Zeros for the movie Tora Tora Tora. Aside from that, there are dozens of Zeros laying around japan and on neighboring islands rotting away waiting for someone to save them.