The A6M Naval Carrier Fighter - Homegrown or Copy?

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A follow-up to the episode on the A6M 'Zero' episode, was it a copy or was it designed in Japan? A case study on Japanese military technical capacity in the interwar period.

Sources:
Here is an album of additional material and a couple minor corrections to parts of the video (including primary source material related to Sempill's activities for the Japanese):
https://imgur.com/a/1CLg9UZ

Here is Millman's blog post on the Gloster F.5/34.
http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2020/0...

Here are QAZ's currently available articles on Japanese jet engine and aircraft development.
https://sensha-manual.blogspot.com/20...
https://sensha-manual.blogspot.com/20...

https://sensha-manual.blogspot.com/20...

https://imgur.com/a/1CLg9UZ

http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2020/0...





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