Dramatic picture of a Japanese Dive Bomber Shot Down at Truk

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Snautzer01

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Notice tail gunner.

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He tried to bail out but gave up as his boss didn't.
I have ever read such a story somewhere before.

PS: Airframe in the photo looks like a B5N Mk3 carrier attacker.
 
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Yep... interesting. Notice please that there is the Hinomaru on the port wing applied only. But I have found the same pic of the kite via the net and there are both of Hinomaru signs painted on the B5N wings.

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It actually looks like the photo was cropped in to give it better detail. Snautzer's photo shows the gunner in better detail, but there's a few things that look weird: the Hinomaru on the starboard wing is missing (as we know) and the number(?) on the cowling looks to be altered. Perhaps that's a trick of the pixels, but to me, it looks like it's been changed from a "4" in Wurger's photo to a "6" in Snautzer's photo.
 

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