Crash Site & Remains A6M2 Model 21 Zero # 911
A6M2 Model 21 Zero # 911 crashed on 28 February 1942. This was the first Zero to be downed over Port Moresby. Sea1c Katsuro Nagatomo became Australia's first POW taken in Australian territory.
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- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives
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