MITSUBISHI A6M2 REISEN (ZER0-SEN) FLOWN IN JULY 1942 FROM LAE, NEW GUINEA BY LT. SABURO SAKAI OF THE TAINAN KOKUTAI, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AIR FORCE. LT. SABURO SAKAI, WHO SCORED SIXTY FOUR CONFIRMED AERIAL VICTORIES IN CHINA AND THE PACIFIC BEFORE BEING SERIOUSLY WOUNDED OVER GUADALCANAL IN AUGUST 1942, FINISHED THE WAR AS JAPAN’S THIRD HIGHEST RANKING ACE, AND SENIOR SURVIVING, FIGHTER PILOT.