eBay: Japanese airplanes and other hardware.

Snautzer01 · Mar 8, 2023

A6M5 Zero Fighter Surrender China 1945 Nr 32

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Wurger · Mar 8, 2023

SaparotRob · Mar 8, 2023

Snautzer01 said:
J2M3 Raiden Captured Newark USA 1946

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I didn't know the IJN operated out of New Jersey.

Snautzer01 · Mar 8, 2023

SaparotRob said:
I didn't the IJN operated out of New Jersey.

Yes they did. Allas the francise went bankrupt in '45.
Never did went well with the locals. The new management did a lot better.

special ed · Mar 8, 2023

They were everywhere, everywhere!

GrauGeist · Mar 8, 2023

special ed said:
They were everywhere, everywhere!

Yep...

Jeffrey Ethell Collection · Mar 8, 2023

I didn't (know) the IJN operated out of New Jersey.

It is not that well known, but many of the captured Japanese aircraft that came into naval bases on the east coast of US from 1944 through 1945 were barged to the Atlantic Overseas Air Materiel Center, Newark Field, NJ.

The J2M3 Raiden in the pic was captured at Atsugi AB Japan where it belonged to No. 302 ku and was transported in October 1945 to the US. This Raiden utimately became the sole surviving example of its type. It was put up for disposal in the 1950s and was bought by Ed Maloney for his Air Museum in Ontario CA. Later it became an exhibit at Ed's Planes of Fame Air Museum at Chino CA where it resides today.

Yes, it's an orphan, but a beautifully presented and well looked after orphan, preserved for generations to come so they can admire what the best of Japanese aeronautical design can achieve.

Moky for JEC

GrauGeist · Mar 8, 2023

Ed's first museum was in Claremont (near Ontario and Chino), by the way.

Jeffrey Ethell Collection · Mar 8, 2023

GrauGeist said:
Ed's first museum was in Claremont (near Ontario and Chino), by the way.

Thanks, that's the place. There are a lot of color photos on Flickr of static aircraft at the old Air Museum at Claremont. The J2M3 Raiden had a very weird camouflage scheme applied while it was at Claremont.

Credit: Jeffrey Ethell Collection

Moky for JEC

Wurger · Mar 9, 2023

Peter Gunn · Mar 9, 2023

special ed said:
They were everywhere, everywhere!

Not quite, as George Goebel said, "I was in Oklahoma during the war and if you remember, not one Japanese plane got past Tulsa..."

Micdrow · Mar 9, 2023

Jeffrey Ethell Collection said:
It is not that well known, but many of the captured Japanese aircraft that came into naval bases on the east coast of US from 1944 through 1945 were barged to the Atlantic Overseas Air Materiel Center, Newark Field, NJ.

The J2M3 Raiden in the pic was captured at Atsugi AB Japan where it belonged to No. 302 ku and was transported in October 1945 to the US. This Raiden utimately became the sole surviving example of its type. It was put up for disposal in the 1950s and was bought by Ed Maloney for his Air Museum in Ontario CA. Later it became an exhibit at Ed's Planes of Fame Air Museum at Chino CA where it resides today.

Yes, it's an orphan, but a beautifully presented and well looked after orphan, preserved for generations to come so they can admire what the best of Japanese aeronautical design can achieve.

Moky for JEC

Funny how this conversation started. I am looking to see this Raiden this Sunday

Jeffrey Ethell Collection · Mar 9, 2023

Micdrow said:
Funny how this conversation started. I am looking to see this Raiden this Sunday

Great. Please take some pics and post maybe in new topic on WWII Japanese aircraft in Museums.

Snautzer01 · Mar 18, 2023

Ki-51 Sonia Opon Mactan Is Cebu PI 1945

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Snautzer01 · Mar 18, 2023

Ki-84 Hayate Opon Mactan Is Cebu PI 1945

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Wurger · Mar 18, 2023

Nieuport Scout Peg o' my Heart

Gnomey · Mar 21, 2023

Good shots!

Snautzer01 · Mar 31, 2023

1945 Hiroshima bomb Damage Residential District Ruins Orig Photo

Snautzer01 · Mar 31, 2023

Japanese Navy Ship Photo 1922 Cruiser Photograph Image History Naval Paper VTG N

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Jeffrey Ethell Collection · Mar 31, 2023

Makes you wonder what might have happened if the altimeter fired detonators (Gun type with Little Boy) had failed to drive the fission material into the uranium core.

I suppose the bomb would have buried itself in the mud of a recently rained on Hiroshima. A lot of localised radiation but no explosion damage.

That is fate I suppose.

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