Doyusha DXB-7(40090) Mitsubishi A5M2b Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter "12th Air Group"

日本海軍九六式二号二型艦上戦闘機

World War Two
IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy)
the world's first low-wing monoplane shipboard fighter
A5M "Claude" is the predecessor to the famous Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"
A5M1 - Model 1 : first production model with 633 kW (850 hp) Kotobuki 2 KAI I engine.
A5M2/2a - Model 21: More powerful engine.
A5M2b - Model 22: with NACA cowling 477 kW (640 hp) Kotobuki 3 engine.
A5M4 - Model 24. The A5M2b + different engine, closed cockpit, additional detachable fuel tank.
12th Air Group (第十二海軍航空隊) [11 July 1937 – 15 November 1941] - a Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Second Sino-Japanese War that operated mainly in the campaigns in the Central China. Until summer 1941, the 12th Air Group in Central China and the 14th Air Group in South China made a combined claim of 103 aircraft shot down and further 163 destroyed on the ground for the loss of three aircraft. Both naval units were disbanded on 15 September 1941, which left air operations in China entirely to Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS).