English: In Japan, assigned a Houkoku Gou (Navy Patriotic Presentation Number) indicating it was paid for by a Japanese civilian volunteer group and designated Houkoku Gou 872 (Patriotic Presentation Number 872) in black on both sides of the rear fuselage. Afterwards, dissembled and shipped to the South Pacific and reassembled.
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Built by Mitsubishi on June 30, 1942. At the factory, painted overall gray with a black cowling. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 0 / A6M3 Model 32 Zero Manufacture Number 3030.