List of Mitsubishi A6M Zero operators

A6M Zeros were predominantly used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) on aircraft carriers, and also by its land-based fighter units.

[1][better source needed] The Aéronautique Naval also pressed a single Nakajima A6M2-N into service, but the aircraft crashed shortly after being overhauled.

Most aircraft were destroyed in military conflicts between the newly proclaimed Republic of Indonesia and the Netherlands, during the Indonesian National Revolution of 1945–1949.

Small numbers of surviving aircraft were saved in Kalijati Air Base, near Subang, West Java and Museum Dirgantara Udara, Yogyakarta (near Adi Sucipto Airport).

[3] Units with standard use of the seaplane Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe": According to John and Elke Weal in the book Combat Aircraft of World War Two, there are reports of various versions of Mitsubishi A6M2 (model 21 and A6M5, among others) being used by the Royal Thai Air Force that were supposed to be used as interceptors after WWII, during 1946–47.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero Model 52 (A6M5)
Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" Model 21 takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi to attack Pearl Harbor .
Carrier A6M2 and A6M3 Zeros from the aircraft carrier Zuikaku preparing for a mission at Rabaul
Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52s abandoned by the Japanese at Atsugi naval air base and captured by US forces
A6M2 (left) and A6M5 Zero in British Malaya being tested and evaluated by Japanese pilots under the supervision of Royal Air Force officers. The A6M5's cockpit survives today at the Imperial War Museum Duxford . [ 5 ]
Akutan Zero is inspected by US Navy personnel on Akutan Island on July 11, 1942.