A6M2 'Zero' vs F4F 'Wildcat' - An Unfair Fight in the Pacific?
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A6M2 Technical Manual, extracts;
Aerodata International U.S. Navy Carrier Fighters of WWII F2A Buffalo; F4F Wildcat; F6F Hellcat; F4U Corsair; F8F Bearcat;
Anthony G. Williams & Emmanuel Gurin, Flying Guns of World War II, The Crowood Press UK, 2003;
Army Air Forces, Memorandum Report on Japanese Zero Fighter, November 1943;
Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Airplane Characteristics & Performance, Model F4F-4, July 1943, extracts;
Don Linn, Perry Manley and Don Greer, F4F Wildcat in Action (Aircraft In Action 1084), Squadron Signal (1988);
Detail specification for Model F4F-3 Airplane, SD-235-3-1B, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Report No. 1469A;
Detail specification for Model F4F-4 Airplane, SD-235-4-3A, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Report No. 1471C;
Edward Young and Jim Laurier, F4F Wildcat vs A6M Zero-sen - Pacific Theater 1942, Osprey Publishing (2013);
Francis H. Dean, America's Hundred Thousand: U.S. Production Fighters of World War II, Schiffer Publishing (1996),
Richard Dunn, Exploding Fuel Tanks, extracts, 2011
Inter-office memorandum, Army Air Forces, Performance and Characteristics of the Japanese Zero Model A6M2 Airplane, October 1942;
Intelligence Service U.S. Army Air Forces, Informational Intelligence Summary No.85, Flight characteristics of the Japanese Zero Fighter, December 1942;
John B. Lundstrom, The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2005), 452-453.
J. Horikoshi, A Research on the Improvement of Flying Qualities of Piloted Airplanes, extracts;
Headquarters, Twenty Third Fighter Group, General Technical Data and Flight Characteristics of the Japanese Zero Fighter Airplane, February 1943;
U.S. Naval Air Station, Model F4F-4 Airplane – Miscellaneous Tests (Droppable Fuel Tanks, Performance at Military Power, Combat Comparison), September 1942;
U.S. Naval Air Station, Model F4F-4 Airplane with Full Span Flaps – Performance Tests, September 1942;
R.A.A.F. Headquarters, Directorate of Technical Services – Special Duties and Performance Flight, Report on Brief Flight Trials of Japanese Fighter Type 0, October 1943;
Rene J. Francillon, Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero-Sen (Aircraft Profile 129), Profile Publications Ltd;
Irushi Yememoto, IJN Zero battle Diary: Victories and Losses for Zero over Solomon, Volumes 1 to 3, translated extracts;
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⚜ Sources ⚜
A6M2 Technical Manual, extracts;
Aerodata International U.S. Navy Carrier Fighters of WWII F2A Buffalo; F4F Wildcat; F6F Hellcat; F4U Corsair; F8F Bearcat;
Anthony G. Williams & Emmanuel Gurin, Flying Guns of World War II, The Crowood Press UK, 2003;
Army Air Forces, Memorandum Report on Japanese Zero Fighter, November 1943;
Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Airplane Characteristics & Performance, Model F4F-4, July 1943, extracts;
Don Linn, Perry Manley and Don Greer, F4F Wildcat in Action (Aircraft In Action 1084), Squadron Signal (1988);
Detail specification for Model F4F-3 Airplane, SD-235-3-1B, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Report No. 1469A;
Detail specification for Model F4F-4 Airplane, SD-235-4-3A, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Report No. 1471C;
Edward Young and Jim Laurier, F4F Wildcat vs A6M Zero-sen - Pacific Theater 1942, Osprey Publishing (2013);
Francis H. Dean, America's Hundred Thousand: U.S. Production Fighters of World War II, Schiffer Publishing (1996),
Richard Dunn, Exploding Fuel Tanks, extracts, 2011
Inter-office memorandum, Army Air Forces, Performance and Characteristics of the Japanese Zero Model A6M2 Airplane, October 1942;
Intelligence Service U.S. Army Air Forces, Informational Intelligence Summary No.85, Flight characteristics of the Japanese Zero Fighter, December 1942;
John B. Lundstrom, The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2005), 452-453.
J. Horikoshi, A Research on the Improvement of Flying Qualities of Piloted Airplanes, extracts;
Headquarters, Twenty Third Fighter Group, General Technical Data and Flight Characteristics of the Japanese Zero Fighter Airplane, February 1943;
U.S. Naval Air Station, Model F4F-4 Airplane – Miscellaneous Tests (Droppable Fuel Tanks, Performance at Military Power, Combat Comparison), September 1942;
U.S. Naval Air Station, Model F4F-4 Airplane with Full Span Flaps – Performance Tests, September 1942;
R.A.A.F. Headquarters, Directorate of Technical Services – Special Duties and Performance Flight, Report on Brief Flight Trials of Japanese Fighter Type 0, October 1943;
Rene J. Francillon, Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero-Sen (Aircraft Profile 129), Profile Publications Ltd;
Irushi Yememoto, IJN Zero battle Diary: Victories and Losses for Zero over Solomon, Volumes 1 to 3, translated extracts;
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