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[Snautzer01]

Nakajima Ki-27

NAKAJIMA S97 - ORIGINAL AVIATION PHOTO-MOYES & BOWYER COLLECTIONS | eBay

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[Escuadrilla Azul]

A6M5 instrument panel. My friend Jim Underwood built this over many years. Panel is a repro, but ALL the instruments and switches are authentic

Where did he get the instruments and switches?

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gary Cain]

Where did he get the instruments and switches?

He searched all over the world for them. Took him almost 20 years to find everything.

 

[cammerjeff]

Thanks Cammerjeff,

The photos refreshed my memory. I would love to dive the Fujikawa Maru wreck just to see the remains of the claude in situ. Here are the full set from Pacificwrecks.com

Pacific Wrecks - A5M4 Claude aboard Fujikawa Maru Photo Archive

World War II Allied and Japanese aircraft that served in the Pacific War.

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Moky

You are welcome, I dove the area back in the late 1970's when I was in the Navy, it was not as well known at that time. I did not dive on the Fujikawa Maru unfortunately. I was more interested in the warships at the time, I had no Idea I could have seen the fighter planes in the hold.
Cheers

 

[Snautzer01]

Nr 116 Etajima Yazawa school student ambassador

Original Japanese Fighter Aircraft Etajima Yazawa school student ambassador | eBay

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[Shinpachi]

"Etajima Yazawa school student ambassador" looks a perfect OCR error.
It's "江田島兵学校生徒 (Etajima Military Academy student)"

 

[GrauGeist]

Looks like a Heinkel HD25 (or license built Aichi).

 

[Shinpachi]

Heinkel HD-25 adopted as Type 2 reconnaissance seaplane in 1928

Yokosuka E1Y adopted as Type 14 reconnaissance seaplane in 1925

 

[Wurger]

 

[GrauGeist]

Thanks for posting those profiles, Shinpachi!

I was going by memory and that photo appeared to be a Heinkel.
However, after comparing the photo to the profiles, it's clearly an E1Y.

And the similarities between the two types are uncanny.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks for posting those profiles, Shinpachi!

I was going by memory and that photo appeared to be a Heinkel.
However, after comparing the photo to the profiles, it's clearly an E1Y.

And the similarities between the two types are uncanny.

My pleasure, Dave!
I always respect your wide knowledge

 

[Snautzer01]

Singapore Japanese Navel Airforce 1941

Original WW2 Press Photographs Japanese Navel Airforce 1941 | eBay

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[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

1. Org. Photo: US Navy Officer Looking at Abandoned Japanese A6M Zero Fighter Plane | eBay
2. Org. Photo: US Navy Officers w/ Captured Japanese Ki-84 "FRANK" Fighter Plane!!! | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

Nr 546

Org. Photo: Crashed Japanese K-21-IIb Special Forces Transport; YONTAN Airfield! | eBay

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[Snautzer01]

U-Boot Bunker Lorient / Japanische Matrosen Japan

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Nachlaß 8 Fotos Monsun U-Boot Bunker Lorient / Japanische Matrosen Japan K6199 | eBay

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U-Boot Bunker Lorient

U-Boot I-29 Kommandant Kinashi

Japan Admiral & Ernst Kals U-Boot I-29

Japan Admiral & Ernst Kals U-Boot I-29

U-Boot I-29 Offiziere & franz. Mädel

1. REPRO Negativ Foto Japan U-Boot I-29 Kommandant Kinashi in LORIENT Frankreich | eBay
2. REPRO Negativ Foto Japan Admiral & Ernst Kals U-Boot I-29 in LORIENT Frankreich | eBay
3. REPRO Negativ Foto Japan Admiral & Ernst Kals U-Boot I-29 in LORIENT Frankreich | eBay
4. REPRO Negativ Foto Japan U-Boot I-29 Offiziere & franz. Mädel LORIENT Frankreich | eBay

 

[Jeffrey Ethell Collection]

That is quite a historic set of photos of the crew of I-29 on their arrival at Lorient, France and stay there from 11 March-15 April 1944. The Commander and his crew were fetetd by Kriegsmarine officers including Admiral Karl Dönitz and Cdr Kinashi was presented with the Iron Cross 2nd class by Adolf Hitler himself. Returning home, on July 26th 1944, in the Luzon Straight, the Philippines, I-29 while travelling on the surface was sunk by 3 torpedoes from USS Sawfish (SS-276). All the crew bar one were lost along with the Junkers Jumo 004 and BMW 003 turbojets that powered the Me 262 and the Walter HWK 109-509 rocket engine of the Me 163 which delayed Japanese development of these advanced engines. However, blueprints of these engines were flown back to Japan and the Japanese soon had their version of the German jet and rocket engines under development. The Japanese version of the Jumo turbojet, the Ne-20 was used to power the Nakajima 'Kikka' jet fighter the only jet powered Japanese fighter to reach test flight status before the end of the war.

The Kriegsmarine it seems were very impressed by the size of the IJN I class submarines but they gave then some help to ensure they could travel back home safely by ftting them out with the latest AAA flak canon. Somewhat ironic, in that the I-29 was ultimately sunk by another submarine and not enemy aircraft.

Moky

 

[Wurger]