On 12 Nov 2003 11:43:44 -0800, (N-6)
wrote:

This cannot be correct... I believe you have mistaken which Zero
variant I was asking about (the A6M3 Model 22a)

Production began in December 1942. Note that production of the 22
followed that of the 32, because Mitsubishi was reverting to the
airframe of the 21 while retaining the more powerful engine of the 32.

(The name is really Two Two, not Twenty-two, with the first number
refering to airframe modifications and the second to the engine.)

I don't know where "a" (otsu?) comes into this.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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