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    Yap Planes

    Thank you, that is super interesting. I've often wondered what happened to those planes. What I thought was a KI-61 was not at the airfield, didn't see it listed in the link you provided. Forty years ago there was WW2 stuff laying all over the place.
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    Yap Planes

    Does anyone know if the three Zeros at the airfield were ever salvaged? There was enough there to probably build two planes.
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    Yap Planes

    Did the D4Y come from Yap and do you know when it was salvaged? The pictures I posted of what I thought was a KI-61 might actually be that plane. I only thought it was a Tony because of the engine. It was pretty torn up. My pic was taken 40 years ago.
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    Yap Planes

    me and friends Peliliu 1977
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    Yap Planes

    US tank on Peleliu
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    Yap Planes

    Jap tank on Saipan (me with hair)
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    Yap Planes

    Japanese floatplane and anti aircraft gun Palau
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    Yap Planes

    KI-61 Hein wreckage Yap
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    Yap Planes

    Betty in the jungle Yap
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    Yap Planes

    This was a Hellcat that we found in the jungle. Came down hard upside down, didn't find a body so I guess the guy got out.
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    Yap Planes

    forgot the other pics
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    Yap Planes

    Many years ago I spent a lot of time bumming around the Pacific. I spent time in the Philippines, on Yap, Peleliu, Palau, Ulithi, Guam and Saipan. Attached are pics of the Zeros Sweb took photos of by the old airfield. These were taken about 1977. There were three fairly intact Zeros there...
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    Which fighters did pilots feel safest in for crash landing?

    Didn't see the note that it crashed at Point Mugu in 1971. Has to be the same plane.
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    Which fighters did pilots feel safest in for crash landing?

    Might be the same plane, there can't be that many of them around. I was only 14 and had hair when I took the pictures.
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    Which fighters did pilots feel safest in for crash landing?

    I took these pictures in 1971 of a P-47 that did a dead stick belly landing at an airshow in Port Hueneme, California. Didn't see it crash, they were loading it on a flatbed trailer. I'm not a pilot but I would think that thing would fly like a brick without power. The plane is in really good...
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