Zeke

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Allied reporting name aircraft designation

Zeke is the Allied reporting name for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the famous Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft used extensively during World War II.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Zeke canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied reporting name ⓘ aircraft designation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Allied code name Zeke ⓘ
codeNameCategory	male given name for fighter aircraft ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfReferredAircraft	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
languageOfCodeName	English ⓘ
namingSystem	Allied code name system for Japanese aircraft ⓘ
referredAircraftArmament	20 mm cannon ⓘ 7.7 mm machine guns ⓘ
referredAircraftCommonName	Zero ⓘ
referredAircraftConfiguration	low-wing monoplane ⓘ
referredAircraftConflict	Pacific War ⓘ
referredAircraftCrew	single-seat ⓘ
referredAircraftDesignation	Mitsubishi A6M ⓘ
referredAircraftEngineType	Nakajima Sakae radial engine ⓘ
referredAircraftEnteredService	1940 ⓘ
referredAircraftEra	World War II military aviation ⓘ
referredAircraftFirstFlight	1939 ⓘ
referredAircraftLandingGear	retractable landing gear ⓘ
referredAircraftManufacturer	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
referredAircraftNotableFeature	exceptional maneuverability ⓘ lightweight construction ⓘ long range ⓘ
referredAircraftOpponents	Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Fleet Air Arm ⓘ surface form: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm United States Army Air Forces ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
referredAircraftPrimaryUser	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
referredAircraftProductionPeriod	1940s ⓘ
referredAircraftRole	carrier-based fighter ⓘ
referredAircraftServiceBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
referredAircraftTheater	Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
referredAircraftType	single-engine aircraft ⓘ
referredAircraftUsedFor	fighter operations ⓘ fighter-bomber missions ⓘ kamikaze attacks ⓘ
referredAircraftUsedIn	attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ surface form: Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)
refersTo	Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters ⓘ surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
usedBy	Allied forces ⓘ
usedDuring	World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → alliedReportingName → Zeke ⓘ

subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Zero → natoReportingName → Zeke ⓘ

subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero