Eagles of Mitsubishi
The Story of the Zero Fighter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4025157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Van Der Linden, Robert Linden, Jiro Horikoshi |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 299 |
| Publication date | 1983-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3104067 |
| OpenAlex | W2322913850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
“Eagles of Mitsubishi....” is written by Jiro Horikoshi, Chief Designer of the Zero-sen fighter. The Zero-sen was the premier fighter for the Japanese Navy during throughout WW II. Much like the Messerschmitt Bf-109, the Zero went through upgrade iterations, starting with the original design stemming from the Imperial Navy’s design requirement released in October of 1937. Much like the Bf-109, the airplane was forced to soldier (sailor?) on throughout the war as the prime fighter for the air services
Aeronautics · Linguistics · Zero (linguistics) · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Engineering · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |