Description: Offered by Over The Blue Horizon is a clean, vintage (1981) MARU MECHANIC #28 recently obtained in Tokyo on the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) “MITSUBISHI TYPE 96 CARRIER FIGHTER (A5M)" better known in the West as the CLAUDE. The Mitsubishi A5M was the world's first monoplane shipboard fighter and the direct ancestor of the famous A6M Zero. Designed to a 1934 requirement and designed by Jiro Horikoshi (who went on to design the Zero), the first prototype flew in early 1935. It entered service in 1937 and quickly proved superior to anything it faced in the skies over China. Its most formidable foe proved to be the nimble Soviet Polikarpov I-16 which was employed by the Chinese Nationalist Air Force and sometimes flown by Soviet pilots. Although still in service in December 1941 (and believed by US intelligence to still be the Imperial Japanese Navy’s primary fighter), it had already been largely replaced by the more capable ZERO and been relegated to secondary/training duties. However, it did see very limited action in the Battle of Midway, and served as a Kamikaze in the closing months of the war. This 80-page, 7.5 x 10 inch softcover has the standard MARU MECHANIC format – great detail drawings, decent b/w photographs, color profiles, fold-out 1/48 scale plans, and Japanese text – all with emphasis on the mechanical aspects of the aircraft. Condition for this long out-of-print classic reference work is VERY GOOD bordering on LIKE NEW. Note that Over the Blue Horizon ships from the USA with FREE United States Postal Service (USPS) FIRST CLASS shipping to USA buyers! eBay charges sales tax for certain states; Over the Blue Horizon charges Hawaii residents state general excise tax. Your purchase will be carefully wrapped to ensure that it arrives in the same condition as described in the eBay listing. If you are not happy with your purchase for whatever reason, we will work something out -- your satisfaction is GUARANTEED. Regardless of where you are in the world, buy with confidence from a well-established eBay merchant with a sterling reputation and an exceptionally high customer satisfaction rate.
Price: 34.99 USD
Location: Kailua, Hawaii
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Book Title: MARU MECHANIC 28 MITSUBISHI A5M CLAUDE
Book Series: MARU MECHANIC Series
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: Japanese
Publisher: MARU Publishing
Edition: First Edition
Subject: Military & War
Publication Year: 1981
Type: Picture Book
Format: SOFTCOVER
Language: Japanese
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Unknown
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Topic: WWII (1939-45)
Subjects: History & Military
