CAPTURED AIRCRAFT - ODD PHOTOS

Njaco · Jan 21, 2014

Nice!

Do they have to be planes?

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GingahNinja · Jan 21, 2014

Njaco said:
Nice!

Do they have to be planes?

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I've heard that the Germans had captured and used Sherman tanks before. GERMAN SHERMAN! (Had to say it)

vikingBerserker · Jan 21, 2014

It's sad that I laughed at that.......

Capt. Vick · Jan 21, 2014

Great pic!

GrauGeist · Jan 21, 2014

GingahNinja said:
I've heard that the Germans had captured and used Sherman tanks before. GERMAN SHERMAN! (Had to say it)

The Wehrmacht used a large percentage of captured tanks in the field.

In some cases, they even went so far as to camouflage thier tanks to look like Allied tanks in the later stages of the war

Wurger · Jan 21, 2014

Njaco said:
Nice!

Do they have to be planes?

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Nope. These were the taking a shot points for the German target commanders that caused quicker catching fire of Ronsons.

Aaron Brooks Wolters · Jan 21, 2014

Interesting. So the crosses are target points.

Wurger · Jan 21, 2014

Aaron Brooks Wolters said:
Interesting. So the crosses are target points.

In my humble opinion of course.

GrauGeist · Mar 22, 2014

Not sure if it's been posted before, but I came across this interesting photo of a KI-115 at the USAF base, Yokota, Japan.

fubar57 · Mar 22, 2014

Never seen that before Dave. Interested to know what is on the tail as this would give me an excuse to buy on over priced kit for my "Captured" collection.

Geo

GrauGeist · Mar 22, 2014

It's certainly not the best photo in the world!

There may be better photos out there of it, as it stands, not many KI-115s were ever made, so the search may not be too difficult

vikingBerserker · Mar 22, 2014

There was a picture of an aircraft I bought off of eBay that came in a group of 7, two of which are of the aircraft below. I believe it is a Nakajima K-44 "Oscar".

fubar57 · Mar 22, 2014

Nice photos David. Not very good with the Ki numbers but at least that one won't be too hard to duplicate; 4 stars and tail stripes but what color would the stripes be?

Geo

vikingBerserker · Mar 22, 2014

Early US aircraft had horizontal red and white stripes and 1 vertical blue strip on the rudder so perhaps them with.

Gnomey · Mar 22, 2014

Nice shots guys!

GrauGeist · Mar 23, 2014

fubar57 said:
Never seen that before Dave. Interested to know what is on the tail as this would give me an excuse to buy on over priced kit for my "Captured" collection.

Geo

Aparently, the KI-115 was a dedicated kamikaze aircraft, the only armament was the bomb slung underneath it. It even had jettisonable undercarriage since it was on a one-way trip.

So far as I've found out, the "gate guard" at Yokota is now in a museum in Japan. There is one other survivor, stored at the NASM.

Wayne Little · Mar 24, 2014

vikingBerserker said:
There was a picture of an aircraft I bought off of eBay that came in a group of 7, two of which are of the aircraft below. I believe it is a Nakajima K-44 "Oscar".

Model is a Ki-43-II

Njaco · Apr 24, 2014

I'll throw in this lot.....

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GrauGeist · Apr 24, 2014

Third one down: looks like the Brits are having an Obergefreiter do the roundell

N4521U · Apr 25, 2014

Now That's what a sign painter would look like.
On the other side!
My mahl stick is a dimple-less putter shaft!

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