* September 19 – 22 – Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A5M (" Claude ") fighters conduct a successful campaign to eliminate Chinese air resistance over Nanking.

* December 9 – During combat over Nanchang, an Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A5M (" Claude ") fighter loses a third of its right wing when it is rammed by a Nationalist Chinese Curtiss Hawk, but flies back to base without further mishap.

* Early 1937 – Mitsubishi A5M ( Allied reporting name " Claude ") with the Imperial Japanese Navy

Sakai posing in front of the hinomaru on his Mitsubishi A5M Type 96 fighter ( Wuhan, 1939 ).

Promoted to Petty Officer Second Class ( 二等兵曹 ) in 1938, he first took part in aerial combat flying the Mitsubishi A5M in the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938-1939 and was wounded.

* Mitsubishi A5M, a 1930s Japanese fighter plane

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* April 29 – In the largest air battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War to date, 18 Mitsubishi G3M ( Allied reporting name " Nell ") bombers and approximately 30 Mitsubishi A5M ( Allied reporting name " Claude ") fighters encounter 60 to 80 Soviet-built Nationalist Chinese fighters over Hankow.

* For the second time in six months, a Mitsubishi A5M ( Allied reporting name " Claude ") fighter loses a third of its right wing in when it is rammed by a Nationalist Chinese fighter but flies to its base without further incident.

* February 4 – Mitsubishi A5M ( Allied reporting name " Claude ")

*** Shōhō Carrier Fighter Unit – 8 A6M Zero and 4 Mitsubishi A5M fighters

** Tainan Air Group ( based at Lae and Rabaul ) – 18 A6M Zero and six Mitsubishi A5M fighters

Chinese Boeing P-26 / 281 fighters engaged Japanese Mitsubishi A5M fighters in what is among the world's first aerial dogfighting between all-metal monoplane fighter aircraft.

* Mitsubishi A5M ( Type 96 carrier-based fighter ) Claude

* Mitsubishi A5M-4k ( 2 seat version of Mitsubishi A5M )

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service primarily operating the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, and the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service flying the Nakajima Ki-27 and the Nakajima Ki-43, initially enjoyed great success, as these fighters generally had better range, maneuverability, speed and climb rates than their Allied counterparts.

However, the zaibatsu ( Japan's family-controlled industrial conglomerates ) were ordered to be dismantled by the Allied powers in 1950, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was split into three regional companies, each with an involvement in motor vehicle development: West Japan Heavy-Industries, Central Japan Heavy-Industries, and East Japan Heavy-Industries.

* Mitsubishi B5M ( Allied reporting name " Mabel ")

* February 28 – Mitsubishi Ki-30 ( Allied reporting name " Ann ")

* Late 1937 – Mitsubishi B5M ( Allied reporting name " Mabel ") with the Imperial Japanese Navy

* Mitsubishi Ki-15 ( Allied reporting name " Babs ") with Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

* ' Jack ' was the Allied codename of the Japanese Mitsubishi J2M fighter of World War II

* Mitsubishi Ki-15 ( Allied reporting name " Babs ")

* Mitsubishi F1M ( Allied reporting name " Pete ")

* Mitsubishi Ki-21 ( Allied reporting name " Sally ")

* Mitsubishi Ki-30 ( Allied reporting name " Ann ") with Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

* Mitsubishi Ki-21 ( Allied reporting name " Sally ") with Imperial Japanese Army Air Forces 60th Group

* Mitsubishi Ka-15, prototype of the Mitsubishi G3M ( Allied reporting name " Nell ")

* August 19 – The first combat mission of the Imperial Japanese Navys Mitsubishi A6M Zero ( Allied reporting name " Zeke ") fighter takes place, as 12 Zeroes escort 54 Mitsubishi G3M ( Allied reporting name " Nell ") bombers over Chungking, but no Chinese aircraft rise to meet them.

* Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū-Allied reporting name " Peggy "; classified as heavy by Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

* Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi G3M ( Allied reporting name " Nell ") bombers based at Hanoi in French Indochina begin attacks on the Burma Road.

The name Triton is associated in modern industry with tough hard-wearing machines such as the Ford Triton engine and Mitsubishi Triton pickup truck.

The Mitsubishi group of companies form a loose entity, the Mitsubishi Keiretsu, which is often referenced in Japanese and US media and official reports ; in general these companies all descend from the zaibatsu of the same name.

In 1873, its name was changed to Mitsubishi Shokai.

The name Mitsubishi ( 三菱 consists of two parts: " mitsu " meaning " three " and " hishi " ( which becomes " bishi " under rendaku ) meaning " water caltrop " ( also called " water chestnut "), and hence " rhombus ", which is reflected in the company's famous logo.

After the expiration of Sony's Trinitron patent, manufacturers like Mitsubishi ( whose monitor production is now part of NEC Display Solutions ) were free to use the Trinitron design for their own product line without license from Sony although they could not use the Trinitron name.

Throughout its life, every model in the Eagle brand name was a badge engineered vehicle, as either a Mitsubishi or other Chrysler product.

The name Mitsubishi is a portmanteau of mitsu (" three ") and hishi ( literally, " water chestnut ", often used in Japanese to denote a diamond or rhombus ).

Today, it most commonly refers to the Mitsubishi Colt subcompact in the company's line-up, but is also the name of MMC's import / distribution company in the United Kingdom, the Colt Car Company, established in 1974.

* 2007: Mitsubishi Fuso celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Fuso brand name.

Imation mainly sold Matsushita-built drives under the SuperDisk name ; other companies tended to use the LS-120 name, and sold the Mitsubishi drives.

* Black Diamond, a brand name used for various electrical products of the Mitsubishi Corporation

The name came from the parent companies ' respective logos: three diamonds ( Mitsubishi ) and a pentastar ( Chrysler ).

In 1964, the three independent companies of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, decentralized in 1950, were merged again into one company under the name of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and the Nagasaki works was renamed the Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works.

However, it is Mitsubishi Materials, loosely affiliated with other Japanese companies of the Mitsubishi name, that dominates industry on the island, as Naoshima has been the site of massive refining by Mitsubishi since 1917.