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The same seller has A6M2 Hokokou 550 V-171 from the Tainan Kokutai,so perhaps full code for the first photo id V-108although details appear different to usual illustrations of that aircraft,such as no buntaicho stripes.
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Thanks Shinpachi san. I suspect you may be correct. The chevron looks very 2 Ku. Michael Claringbould in Pacific Profiles vol.5 has artwork for Q-108 which is shown as Hikokou 884 and has no chevrons. Unlike the aircraft in this thread.Possibly based on these photos
This Zero was abandoned at Buna Airfield (Old Strip).
pacificwrecks.com
Possibly an error due to a lack of understanding on my part. Would one lost aircraft marked Q-108, be replaced by another Q-108 during the brief period between the adoption of the chevrons in Sept 1942 and the unit becoming 582 Ku in November 1942? Certainly the one shown in the Pacific Wrecks link also look more 'wrecked than the one I posted.
Well, it certainly could be Q-109. If you're sure (and I can't say with certainty), I'm more than happy to go along with your reading of the numerals. What certainly does tend to support your take is that Claringbould in the book I referred to previously states Q-109 has a single chevron as the machine in the photo does. No comment on the Q-108 at all. What his statement does suggest is that there is a photo of Q-109 somewhere that he's seen,though not alas in Pacific Profiles Volume 5!.
Mitsubishi A5M4 on its nose. Not a very clear view of the markings on the tail,but may be this aircraft has been seen before. Can anyone identify the unit?