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A6M Zero fighters on an airfield near Tokyo, Japan, late Aug 1945 [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     A6M Zero fighters on an airfield near Tokyo, Japan, late Aug 1945 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseNational Museum of the United States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-490409
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A6M Zero   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 2,768 x 2,132 pixels
Photos on Same Day 24 Aug 1945
Photos at Same Place Japan
Added By C. Peter Chen
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
19 Jun 2016 06:41:41 PM

WARS OVER: GROUNDED

Photo shows Mitsubishi A6M Zeros sitting on a scattered flight-line. If you look close, you can see that the propellers have been removed, some aircraft had the pilots seat removed, along with fuel and ammo, to prevent any unauthorized flights.
At wars end the Imperial Navy and Army still had thousands of aircraft held in Japan. US forces later scrapped or burned surviving aircraft. A few twin-engine aircraft were used for communications within Japan but they were later grounded. Did you know it took the United States until 1947 to scrap the entire Japanese War Machine.

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