Iwo Jima - Need info on the airfields

• Feb 28, 2014

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Hi guys, I am currently mapping Iwo Jima for a videogame mod and I am at loss regarding the structures that Iwo Jima had for Motoyama Airfield nr1 and nr2. The scale of the map goes that far and despite not having a great variety of 3D models to work with, I would like to make it fairly accurate if possible.

I can't find any references despite my extensive research. Can a gentle soul help me out on this one?

 

• Mar 1, 2014

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Shinpachi

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I have ever heard a national library in Tokyo keeps an original military map of the island. Appearance would be like this.

Map in early 1944



An actual image on diorama. White lines show present runway.


Photos linked to each site directly.

 

• Mar 1, 2014

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Nice!

 

• Mar 1, 2014

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Shinpachi said:

Photos linked to each site directly.

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Thanks. I am quite interested in that diorama. Any chance I can see it in full size?

I am looking for structures regarding plane revetments, storage rooms for fuel, etc. I have seen refs of japanese structures in the Pacific, ofc, but in Iwo Jima I presume that they had unorthodox ways to protect those structures like they did for their defensive emplacements.

 

• Mar 1, 2014

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The diorama is displayed in a JSDF house on Iwo-jima.
You can check more photos in Google research(please click).

 

• Mar 1, 2014

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You can also search google images using such keywords as "aerial recon of Iwo Jima" to see archival images of the airfields and structures