In July 1942, a crashed Zero was found on Akutan Island, Alaska.

The

AKUTAN ZERO

This particular fighter was flown by First Flight Sergeant Koga of the Ryuujou Fighter Sqn, which crash-landed following AA fire during the June attack on Dutch Harbor. His body was subsequently laid to rest by the U.S. military.

It is said that the U.S. obtained detailed information on the Zero from this ordeal.

However,

A Zero had already been recovered in February 1941, which crashed in Kunming, China.

So we've figured out their engine, mass, horsepower and armaments. Let's send this up to the USAAF so they can study these.

And let's make sure Singapore gets a detailed manual too!

And yet,

U.S.

Pfft, no way the Japs could've devised a proper fighter.

Zeroes = Dangerous

Singapore

Yeah, okay, just leave it somewhere over there.

*chuck*

Zero fast! Zeroes = Dangerous!

Get's lost in a pile of papers and

disappears

All our efforts for naught...