The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機), experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, company designation Mitsubishi Ka-14, was a WWII-era Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft. The Type number is from the last two digits of the Japanese imperial year 2596 (1936) when it entered service with the Imperial Navy.
It was the world's first low-wing monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service[note 1] and the predecessor to the famous Mitsubishi A6M "Zero". The Allied reporting name was Claude.
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MitsubishiA5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機), experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy...
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Assault Aircraft Randy 1944 238 IJA MitsubishiA5M Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter Claude 1937 1094 IJN Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen Navy Type Zero Carrier...
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