New Super Zero
WASHINGTON. October 1
The Japanese have a fighter more formidable than the Zero, said Senator Brewster, who recently returned from a visit to the Pacific. The new super Zero is apparently just getting into production because only a few have so far been sighted, but these few have proved tough and the ratio of Amei'ican victories over losses, which have been as high as four to one had begun to drop. The new plane was first encountered over Canton when five of seven American bombers were shot down. The latest model resembles the old Zero but is faster and better protected and has more .fire-power. The Senator added that the Japanese also have a new twin-engine bombei’. The War Department said that detailed information of the new planes was still officially classified as a secret. Daily communiques showed no appreciable change in the ratio of American and Japanese losses.
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Northern Advocate, 2 October 1943, Page 5
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