Mitsubishi A5M Naval Fighter Aircraft vintage WWII Japanese postcard May 1945

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This is an
original
photo postcard of a Mitsubishi A5M naval fighter about to land on a Japanese Aircraft Carrier. The text on the front says (loosely translated) "
Carrier-capable fighter rented by the Ministry of the Navy, Military Elite Department May 20, 1945 - Ministry of the Navy licensed third station."
The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter, experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, company designation Mitsubishi Ka-14, was a Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft. It was the world's first low-wing monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service and the predecessor to the famous Mitsubishi A6M "Zero". The Allied reporting name was Claude.
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