The mainstay of Japan's air war in the Pacific, this Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero-sen 22 was intended to be flown on a kamikaze mission. Technical problems prevented it from fulfilling its mission.
This Japanese warbird, the Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero-sen 22, was damaged and rebuilt during the last few months of the Second World War, which ended before it could fly its final mission. The kamikaze pilot's mission was to crash into the target, causing great damage to the enemy and certain death to himself.