The Akutan Zero-- Part 2: 'A Prize Almost Beyond Value'

The Akutan Zero has been described as "a prize almost beyond value to the United States", and "probably one of the greatest prizes of the Pacific  War."

Japanese historian and lieutenant general Masatake Okumiya stated that the acquisition  of the Akutan Zero "was no less serious" than the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway and that it did much to hasten Japan's final defeat.

The Akutan Zero was destroyed in a  training accident in 1945.  Parts of it are preserved in several museums across the United States.

And, here I am not knowing much about it before now.

-GreGen