Mitsubishi A5M Claude

Mitsubishi A5M Claude — a volume from the Kagero series

The title of this publication carries both usual names of the same aircraft: the factory designation A5M and the Allied code name Claude. Anyone just starting out in Japanese aviation will appreciate meeting both forms together, because the literature and the kit makers sometimes use one and sometimes the other. The item belongs to the Kagero book series among aviation literature.

What type it is

The Mitsubishi A5M was a single-seat carrier-based fighter of all-metal construction, laid out as a low-wing monoplane with fixed, that is non-retractable landing gear and an air-cooled radial engine. Within Japanese naval aviation it represented the move from biplanes to a modern monoplane layout, and it preceded the type that later replaced it in that role. For a modeler it is a subject with a distinctive silhouette that cannot be mistaken for the later Japanese fighters.

Who it suits

• Modelers interested in Japanese naval aviation.
• Collectors of the Kagero series filling out their shelf.
• Readers interested in the development of carrier aircraft between the wars.
• Those who want a printed monograph on a single type.

This is a printed publication, not a kit and not an accessory. Check the page count and the language of the edition in the imprint of the publication.