Talk:Mitsubishi A5M

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Should this be Mitsubishi A5M rather than A5M Claude?Nigel Ish (talk) 17:21, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

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Here it says A5M was the best air-craft during Manchuria and Sino-Japanese war, but over at I-16 it says the Mitsubishi and the Polikarpov were evenly matched. Anyone got anything to add to that?KhProd1 (talk) 06:29, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

I recall Saburo Sakai accounts on the I-16. I recall his accounts on the I-16 as not that great. His first victory achievement was against that plane. He also flew the Claude, so I think his accounts would be more accurate.

The text indicates that a battle during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 between A5M and Republic of China Air Force Boeing P-26C Model 281 fighters "was the world's first-ever aerial dogfighting and kills between monoplane fighters built of mostly metal." I am not sure about dates, but by 1937, there were also battles in the Spanish Civil War between Republican (Russian) Polikarpov I-16 and Nationalist (German Condor Legion) Messerschmitt BF 109A and B types, all of which were also metal monoplane fighters. Can somebody confirm actual dates? --Death Bredon (talk) 09:35, 26 August 2016 (UTC)