Nakajima Ki-43

The Nakajima Ki-43 was one of the major Japanese fighter aircrafts of World War II. It was called Oscar by the Allies, but was also sometimes called the 'Army Zero' because allied pilots often mistaken it as the Mitsubishi A6M Zero carrier based fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, due to both aircraft bore a certain resemblance to one another. It was used in all major Japaneses operations between 1942 and 1945. After the war it was used by China, France, Indonesia, and North Korea.

Category:World War II Japanese aircraft