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...
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...
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).
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...
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...
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...
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!