Ki-84 vs P-51 engagemants 1945

CHen10 said:

Check the Bf-109K-4 Victories thread for my information about Scanlan's victor.

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CHen10 said:

Yes

On 8 July 1945 16 N1K1s of the Tsukuba Kokutai fought against 20 P-51Ds near Tokyo. The N1K1s claimed three P-51s shot down and two P-51s were lost after they were shot down near Hyakurigahara naval base

I have one for the N1K2 as well. On 12 April 1945 Yokosuka Kokutai N1K2s and 302nd Kokutai J2Ms as well as IJAAF force aircraft intercepted B-29s and P-51Ds over Tokyo. Famous ace Kaneyoshi Muto who was flying an N1K2 of the Yokosuka kokutai (probably with the tail code with the backwards "E" and 104) was credited with a P-51. His victim was probably the P-51 flown by Gordon A Christoe who was last seen being attacked by an enemy fighter.

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Jerrybandit67 said:

found something also from 506th fighter group site Mustaqngs of Iwo: Mustaqngs of Iwo, 506th Fighter Group, 457 Fighter Squadron, 458 Fighter Squadron, 462 Fighter Squadron Lawrence Smith 472601

On July 8 a large enemy gaggle bounced strafing Mustangs near Tokyo and in the ensuing battle downed seven for the loss of five. But the 51s more than evened the score by claiming 45 e/a destroyed on the ground

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CHen10 said:

Yeah they fought Tsukuba Kokutai N1K1s

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Jerrybandit67 said:

https://www.7thfighter.com/newsletter/sunsetter_spring_2008.pdf

this article mentions scamara saw two georges behind scanlan on 23rd june

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CHen10 said:

Aircraft identification in the heat of battle was often wrong and it's clear that the P-51 on 23 June was shot down by Akamatsu Sadaaki and Saijo Toru flying J2M3s. 302 Kokutai J2Ms made victory claims and no one else did. When Scamara saw two "Georges" behind Scanlan on 23 June it becomes obvious that he misidentified the J2Ms and thought that they were N1Ks and he saw Akamatsu and Saijo attacking Scanlan.

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CHen10 said:

Aircraft identification in the heat of battle was often wrong and it's clear that the P-51 on 23 June was shot down by Akamatsu Sadaaki and Saijo Toru flying J2M3s. 302 Kokutai J2Ms made victory claims and no one else did. When Scamara saw two "Georges" behind Scanlan on 23 June it becomes obvious that he misidentified the J2Ms and thought that they were N1Ks and he saw Akamatsu and Saijo attacking Scanlan.

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Jerrybandit67 said:

While on july 8 a pilot from 78th FS reported

That a lone Jack appeared from the clouds and wich set Sherren's P-51D-25 "mustang 136" on fire near hyakurigahara

Was actually An N1K1-jb otsu flown by either Ishizaka Asakura, or Keizaburo.

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CHen10 said:

Yes this is correct

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Jerrybandit67 said:

on july 8 a P-47N 44-88059 was shot down by japanese fighters over kyushu, they believed that they were attacked by Ki-44s or N1K georges

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CHen10 said:

This is very interesting because I have not heard of this P-47 loss before. I'm not sure which Kokutai or Sentai shot down that P-47 because I can't find any Japanese claims over Kyushu on this day.

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Jerrybandit67 said:

this claim was found in joe baughers website

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