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==First Combat==
==First Combat==
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.
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>Zero, by Masatake Okumiya, Jiro Horikoshi, and Martin Caidin, 2004</ref>
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[[Category:Aircraft]]
[[Category:Aircraft]]