| − | The Zero first saw combat in China on September 13, 1940, when 13 Zeros fought 27 Chinese fighters over the city of Chungking. In a thirty minute battle, every Chinese plane was downed, one pilot accounting for five planes himself. Four Zeros suffered light damage.<ref name="MyFirstRef">Zero, by Masatake Okumiya, Jiro Horikoshi, and Martin Caidin, 2004</ref> | + | The Zero first saw combat in China on September 13, 1940, when 13 Zeros fought 27 Chinese fighters over the city of Chungking. In a thirty-minute battle, every Chinese plane was downed, one pilot accounting for five planes himself. Four Zeros suffered light damage.<ref name="MyFirstRef">Zero, by Masatake Okumiya, Jiro Horikoshi, and Martin Caidin, 2004</ref> |