Yes, what you are seeing here is a captured Japanese Zero with American markings.
In 1942 a Japanese pilot crashed it in Alaska.
The Americans rebuilt it and flew it across California for the next two years.
What they discovered changed the Pacific war.
This is the story of the Akutan Zero..🧵1/4
It’s practically finished—all that’s left is to add the Friulmodel tracks. It’s been exhausting work, but very satisfying; I haven’t left a single detail out. I hope you like it.
M60 CZ-10/25E (Alacrán)
German Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (7.5cm) Sd. Kfz. 233 armored reconnaissance vehicles armed with the 7.5cm KwK 37 unloaded in Tunisia circa November 1942