According to the work of Christopher Shores, the claims made by Anabuki "seem to be somewhat lacking in veracity", to put it diplomatically.
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According to the work of Christopher Shores, the claims made by Anabuki "seem to be somewhat lacking in veracity", to put it diplomatically.
Yeah, based on Christopher Shores you can say the same thing about all of the German "experten" and most of the British & American Aces too. Overclaiming by a factor of 2-4 was very common & not neccessarily due to any kind of dishonesty on the part of the pilot.
There are cases like that too
varsity07840
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Ki-43 pilots never engaged TBD Devastators or SB2U Vindicators.
You sure about that? They were deployed all over- Malaya, East Indies, Philippines, New Guinea, the Solomons, Japanese Home Islands (of course) and etc.
varsity07840
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Quite sure. The SB2U only saw combat at Midway. JNAF aircraft only in that fight. Same for TBDs at Midway, Wake, Makin,and Kwajalein.
wuzak
Captain
Ki 43s never shot down Typhoons, therefore Typhoons were better than Hurricanes, F4Fs, P-39s and P-40s....
Fair enough!
True but if Sgt Anabuki was over Dover with his Ki 43 he would have shot down 21 Typhoons in one mission. Fact.
wuzak
Captain
But being a humble man and not wishing to mortify the pride of his enemies, he would obviously understate his actual achievements - since he clearly would have shot down 42 of them and severely damaged another 84.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
As mentioned, the Ki-43 never engaged Vindicators and Devastators. They were operated by the JAAF, not the IJN
Yeah I didn't realize how briefly Vindicators and Devastators were employed, I thought maybe some saw combat with IJA fighters at Coral Sea etc.
I would therefore include Dauntlesses on the victim list but they were not so hapless. They were dauntless! lol
I would therefore include Dauntlesses on the victim list but they were not so hapless. They were dauntless! lol
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FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
You mean IJN? I'd bet dollars to donuts there were no Ki-43s close to the Coral Sea
Ki-43s fought SBDs over Guadalcanal.
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parsifal
Colonel
I think that is correct, though I am unsure if any Dutch vindicators or RNAS were deployed to the CBI or ABDA operational areas. There may also have been a few very similar A-17s deployed with the thai air force
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
There isn't any indication that any Northrup A-17s made it to the CBI (British naming convention: Nomad Mk.I) though the British and Canadians did use them as trainers. The Dutch A-17s remained in the Netherlands and were destroyed by the Luftwaffe during the invasion.
I mean the Imperial Japanese Army - and there were Ki-43 units based in New Guinea as I already mentioned though I'm not sure when.
Yes, and other places too without a doubt.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Look at a map and see how far New Guinea was from the actual Coral Sea battle ground
