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    Japanese aircraft seat and skin?

    thanks! I checked the seat over - could not find any stampings or other identifiers. is that only for western seats? (should japanese seats be stamped too - didn’t see any stamps in the mikesh book and was thinking it would have been a data plate that could have been removed?). from my small...
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    Japanese aircraft seat and skin?

    thank you shinpachi. I am hoping some of the experts in western aircraft might be able to identify the seat. any thoughts on the painted metal panel?
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    Japanese aircraft seat and skin?

    hello, been a while since I was on this forum - moderators please feel free to move to appropriate sub form. I recently purchased what was advertised as a seat from a japanese aircraft and a piece of aluminum skin (don’t recall the proper metal used in jpn aircraft). came with some tags which...
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    SOS: IJN Zero A6m 3D model / picture needed...

    Hey shinpachi, very good words of wisdom and I will pass them along to him. As for me, no offense taken, as I am just trying to provide him with some help where I can. (plus its fun to get suited up again).
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    SOS: IJN Zero A6m 3D model / picture needed...

    thanks again for the help shinpachi. those full a6m shots look great! hope your cockpit is completed soon.
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    SOS: IJN Zero A6m 3D model / picture needed...

    Hoping this warbird community can help a friend out. I'm a collector of Japanese Navy flight gear, and had the unexpected honor of posing for some pics that made it into the Osprey Elite 86 publication by Gary Nila on IJN Aviation Uniforms. Anyhow, a mutual friend of both Mr. Nila and myself...
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    IJA Secret Intelligence Team at Chofu

    hi shinpachi. thank you so much for those translations. I just had time to read them. this is an incredible thread and has been very enjoyable to read. could you let me know the name of the japanese book/publication that was putting these out? I'd like to see if I can purchase a copy for...
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    IJA Secret Intelligence Team at Chofu

    thanks shinpachi! I'm always grateful for your postings!
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    IJA Secret Intelligence Team at Chofu

    bumping...hope there are more stories shinpachi!
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    IJA Secret Intelligence Team at Chofu

    thanks shinpachi! another wonderful article. I wonder if someone is able to identify the US pilots in this article that were shot down. Losing 3 planes at this stage of the war would probably have been noted somewhere. Was there a date of this incident in the article? thanks for...
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    IJA Secret Intelligence Team at Chofu

    hope alls well with shinpachi. can't wait to read the next article.:D
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    IJA Secret Intelligence Team at Chofu

    thanks shinpachi! again, great information about the jpn side during the war. =D>
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    IJA Secret Intelligence Team at Chofu

    just thought I'd btt. can't wait for the next translation!
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    IJA Secret Intelligence Team at Chofu

    picked them up last year - I recently posted them to figure out what the planes were in the background. The uniforms were really bugging me, as they didn't seem japanese. Turns out, these are early Japanese self defense force pictures!
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