[wagglebee]

Pretty interesting. I had always assumed that all of the Zeros were either destroyed or scrapped after the war. I figured that any used in movies or air shows were reproductions.

[Yo-Yo]

You figured correctly. Most "Zeros" in movies are actually T-6 Texan WWII trainers.

Tora, Tora, Tora "Zero" North American AT-6B Texan N11171.

[Red Badger]

Part of the problem of there not being any left and difficult reproductions, is that almost all were destroyed in the war and the actual plans were written in an obscure Japanese engineering language that few could read. They had to go to old folks homes and find workers that were still alive to get anybody that could understand them......................