A Pair of Zeroes--two Mitsubishi A6M5 Japanese planes with single standing pilot figure (JN078 &JN079)
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Item Number: JN-S04
A Pair of Zeroes--two Mitsubishi A6M5 Japanese planes with single standing pilot figure (JN078 & JN079)
If you buy both of these great models, you get them at a VERY SPECIAL PRICE!
...TO THE BITTER END
By the autumn of 1944, disaster loomed for Imperial Japan. The war in the Pacific had taken a decidedly negative turn for the Japanese Empire, with the US Navy steadily growing in strength and already poised to strike at the heart of the Home Islands.
In October 1944, American forces had landed on the island of Leyte in the Philippines, and Japan's commanders there concluded that only a dramatic and radical force of action could stem the tide of the American advance... aerial suicide attacks against high-value enemy targets, particularly U.S. Navy aircraft carriers!
By this late stage of the war in the Pacific, many Japanese pilots of both the Army Air Force and the Imperial Japanese Navy already knew that "their days were numbered" both in the air and on the ground. They were outnumbered and outflown by many more numerous enemy pilots and the superior quality of the aircraft they flew.
"Why not", many thousands of Japanese pilots thought, "die a meaningful death crashing your whole aircraft into or onto an enemy warship". This unique form of Japanese self-sacrifice was known as 'Kamikaze' or 'Divine Wind', a reference to a great storm that destroyed an enemy Mongolian fleet off the coast of Japan in 1281.
Now, K&C are introducing two unique all-new versions of the classic Mitsubishi A6M5 'ZERO' fighter. These two 'Zeroes' are typical of the late-war versions of this classic WW2 Japanese fighter aircraft.
APRIL 2026
