Was the A6M5 Zero any other color besides...

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…the IJN green?

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They were also light grey until 1942 or 1943.

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Thanks Kevin

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Some were NMF with green mottled camouflage. The trainer versions were bright orange.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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Ok, thanks

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were any plain white?

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Actually that would be true only for the A6M2 and A6M3 Zeros. The A6M5 prototype didn’t fly until the summer of 1943, by which time I believe that the light grey was officially phased out.

Andy

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The trainer version with which I am familiar is the A6M2-K, which was based on the earlier, and then obsolete A6M2 model 11 airframes.

Andy

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Looked at all my references & all I could find on the A6M5’s was IJN Green. Kinda like you can paint it any color you want as long as it’s Navy Green [:)]. The 2’s & 3’s are a different story however.

Regards, Rick

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Several G4M Betty bombers were painted white with green crosses for the surrender negotiations at Kadena. I vaguely recall some Zeros also being painted this way, but the memory is pretty foggy on that point.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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Somewhere in the dim dark recesses of my memory bank I think that I remember seeing/reading about a black one over Rabaul. I think it may have something to do with Saburo Saiki, (don’t quote me on the spelling of the mans name)
Dai