eBay: Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien / Tony captured

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

Yokata airbase

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

 

[Robert Porter]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice..!

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely shots!

 

[johnbr]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

1. Japanese Aircraft Ki-61 Tony Maj Thomas McGuire Hollandia 1 COLOR SLIDE No Photo | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

1. copy U.S. Marines Salvage Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien at Yontan, Okinawa | eBay
2. see post #20 Marines Test Fly Captured Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Tony, Okinawa Summer '45 | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Nice shot. Isn't that a F-86 behind it?

Yes.

This is a Ki-61-1a Hien Army Type 3 Fighter, Serial No. 2210, at Yakota Air Base (pre 1947, after 47 it got fake American markings).

Did anybody catch this chronological anachronism? Here's a photo of the Yakota Tony wearing a pre-1947 color scheme with a Sabre behind it that didn't enter service til 1949, and didn't see Asia til 1950.
And I thought Photoshop was a modern invention!
Cheers,
Wes

 

[fubar57]

Here's the B&W version, note the Sabre tail is still visible...

FROM THE INTERNET​

 

[Shinpachi]

I think the airframe in the picture is the one repainted by Tokyo Aviation High-school students in 1963 as I saw it as a kid in the same year.
As it was painted in light grey, I remember I thought it was funny because original color scheme could be bare metal. Yes, it was corrected so 50 years later.

Source: Shinpachi

 

[Wurger]

 

[Tieleader]

Always loved the look of that airplane. To bad the engines were a POS.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Captured and Being Test Flown at NAS Pax River | eBay