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SANKEI SHIMBUN ARTICLE August 15, 2003

ZERO and Pilot remains found in the jungle: We want to bring him home!
A group of researchers based in the USA found a Zero fighter and the remains of the pilot in the jungle of New Guinea. They are looking for information concerning this aircraft. Justin Taylan (25), a Pacific War researcher and historian of New York, USA went to New Guinea in July and located the wreck in the midst of the jungle near Port Moresby in New Guinea. The duralminium was not in such a good shape but the red Hinomaru on the wing was as bright as it must have been 60 years ago. In the cockpit remains of the pilot were found. Alfred Weinzierl, a co-researcher of Mr. Taylan, states that as the aircraft had a tailhook it must have belonged to either the 4th or the Tainan Kokutai that both served in the New Guinea area in 1942. It is a Mitsubishi Type 0 fighter, most probably a Model 21. For more information, visit Pacific Ghosts