On May 8, 1942 one A6M2 Zero piloted by PO2c Okura Shigeru from the 14th Shotai from the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku ditched at Deboyne islands. Japanese A6M2 Zero, the main fighter plane of the Imperial Japanese Navy,this Japanese fighter plane, once a master of the air in the South Pacific arena, now lies on the sandy bottom. This is an example of the very last zero model ever manufactured. Virtually intact, divers can sit in the cockpit and pilot themselves back into the past… I did it! 
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Jul 09
Jul 09
Japanese Zero
Deboyne Island, louisiade Archipalego, Papua New Guinea 10º43’69″S 152º23’70″E
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Oct 86
Oct 86
French Navy
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I did my military duty in the French Navy from October 1986 to July 1988 on the aviso-escorteur (sloop-escort) “Victor Schœlcher”
Hull Number: F725
Lenght: 300 feet
Crew: 140
2 x 100 mm guns
4 MM38 Exocet Missiles
2 – 30 mm guns
1 -305 mm anti-submarine mortar
6 – 550 mm torpedo tubes (2×3)
1 War (Iran-Irak War)
6 War Missions in the Persian Gulf
11 Rescue missions
34 Countries
14 Islands
42 Stopover
2 Atlantic Ocean crossing
2 Indian Ocean crossing
2 Equator passages
7 Storms
1 Ariane Space Rocket launch
2 Medals
Countless mileage, time at sea and adventures.
