The Seaplane Mitsubishi Zero Was A Glorious Failure

The Nakajima Rufe was the most widely deployed seaplane fighter of the Second World War. Despite looking slightly ungainly, it initially proved a dangerous opponent to Allied aircraft. This video briefly looks at the type and pieces together its service history.

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The Rufe is curiously poorly covered. I don't have a copy of the one book specifically on the type, "A6M2-N Rufe (Famous Airplanes)" by Krzysztof Janowicz. The presence of a decal sheet in three scales suggests that it is aimed at the modeller, but I can't confirm that.

Rene Francillon's "Japanese Aircraft Of the Pacific War" was a useful starting point, as always

Arawasi Wild Eagles has a 6 part series on the Rufe, which is typically excellent: https://arawasi-wildeagles.blogspot.com/2017/10/nakajima-a6m2-n-pt-1.html?m=1

"Imperial Japanese Navy Aces Of World War 2" contains a couple of references to the type and its pilots

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#Nakajima #Rufe #A6m2-n #mitsubishi_zero #world_war_two #aviation #seaplane

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