The US Operation To Capture Japan's Most Feared Fighter

The US Operation To Capture Japan's Most Feared Fighter

On June 4, 1942, Petty Officer 1st Class Tadayoshi Koga was flying a Mitsubishi A6M2, famously known as the Zero. The Zero was widely feared by the Allies, outclassing most of the aircraft it met during combat. Two months later, over the skies of the British colony of Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka, 36 Zeroes had fought 60 RAF fighters. For the loss of a single Zero, the Japanese had shot down 27 British aircraft. The British and Americans wante…