Mitsubishi A6M5 Modell 52, 1943

[hasegawa]

South East Asia: ATAIU–SEA; British Royal Air Force (RAF)/USAAF, after the war Seletar, Malaya 1945
Former Operator... Tailcode BI 05, working on it...

[Splitpin]

First time I've seen this....great shots, more information please

[simonh]

ATAIU-SEA is Allied Technical Aircraft Investigation Unit South East Asia.
It was formed to test the Japanese aircraft after the war.

[Splitpin]

I knew that ...not. Was that, that place up in Darwin?

[hasegawa]

One of the Places. Another was Seletar in Malaya after the war. There was a test between the A6M2 Modell 21 and the A6M5 Modell 52 in November 1945...