Volume Five of the iPacific Profilesi series presents the most accurate color profiles to date of Japanese Navy land based Zero fighters in the South Seas theater New Guinea, Rabaul and the Solomons.brbrIllustrated by unit are abundant examples of the varied markings, tail codes, leadership hallmarks and camouflage schemes which appeared on the thirteen Air Groups Kokutai operating in the theater from February 1942 to February 1944. Each of the 113 profiles is supported by primary source material including color photos, Japanese records, POW interrogations, technical reports, post-war wreck examinations and Allied intelligence summaries. These are accompanied by brief histories of each unit and notes on the changing nature of each unit's markings. How the late 1942 Japanese Navy restructure impacted these units is also clarified, along with the rationale and meaning of the ensuing multifaceted markings systems.brbrNever before have such accurate profiles been presented. Past errors are