CAPTURED AIRCRAFT - ODD PHOTOS

[nuuumannn]

Interesting investigations, guys. The thing is, the British generally did not use the term "Trop" as a suffix to the Mark number if a filter was fitted to the intake, like the Germans did. I've seen it written in a few post war books, but not in official documentation.

 

[Wurger]

That's true Nuuumannn ... anyway here is a snapshot of the SAM publication with serials started with V.. according to that she was the Mk.I variant without the trop extension.

 

[GrauGeist]

Japanese KI-43 in Chinese possession

 

[Wurger]

Nice.

 

[Njaco]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool, that is the first time I'd seen an actual pic of the captured Wildcat.

 

[Capt. Vick]

psst...it's a Hellcat...just sayin'

 

[vikingBerserker]

DOH!

You are most correct sir!

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool shots...

 

[GrauGeist]

Very cool, that is the first time I'd seen an actual pic of the captured Wildcat.

Oh, way to go...

You may get a lecturing from Terry about that error

 

[Rogi]

Hehehe yeah the pic is out there on the web there was a great link Shinpachi posted for the Japanese captured aircraft. I believe it had all of them in a public domain book.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Oh, way to go...

You may get a lecturing from Terry about that error

 

[Shinpachi]

Captured F4Fs in Wake Island.
No records they were tested by Japanese.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool! IIRC the rest were all too badly damaged to fix.

 

[Shinpachi]

You have read the Japanese text successfully, David

 

[vikingBerserker]

I so wish I could my friend!

 

[N4521U]

Captured F4Fs in Wake Island.
No records they were tested by Japanese.

There couldn't have been any tested, there were non airworthy left.

On December 22, Second Lieutenant Carl Robert Davidson climbed into Wildcat F-9 and took off from Wake. The time was 1000; mechanical problems prevented his wingman, Captain Herbert Freuler, from taking off for another thirty minutes. It was a beautiful day for flying, and visibility was such that Davidson was able to see a flight of 33 carrier-based "Kate" bombers, escorted by six Zeros, approaching Wake Island. He radioed his discovery to Freuler, kicked the throttle, and engaged despite overwhelming odds.

Captain Freuler, racing to the aid of his comrade, saw Davidson "hot on the heels of one Zero, but another enemy fighter had come up behind the lieutenant's F4F-3 with its guns blazing. The last Freuler saw of them, the three planes were receding into the far distance over the ocean with the Grumman still tightly sandwiched between the two Zeros. Davidson was the last Marine pilot lost in the action at Wake Island.

Number 9, another of my Davidson piloted aircraft, was my subject for GB21 that I will have to finish later.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff.

 

[fubar57]

There are a lot of captured aircraft at this link, from WWI onwards...WTF? > Vintage Wings of Canada

Geo