Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (60 Viewers)

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

IJN aircraft carrier Shokaku after the Battle of Coral Sea in May, 1942.

Source: Battle History of Aircraft Carrier Shokaku(1962)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Barrett]

Yes that looks perfectly safe what could possibly go wrong. A Japanese Type 89 tank during the attack on Nanjing.

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"Honorable Lieutenant, might it be advisable to send the infantry over first?"
"Shuddup and Follow Orders."

 

[N4521U]

Is there a Japanese phrase for "Shut-up"?
These key pads!!!!!!

 

[Shinpachi]

Is there a Japanese phrase for "Suth-up"?

It's "damare".

WHO Japanese staff Takeshi Kasai has been dismissed who once said "Damare!" to members in a meeting.

Source: WHO、日本人幹部を"解任" 現地スタッフに"差別発言"連発

 

[Shinpachi]

Sinking Zuikaku, 16minutes before the last moment in Leyte on October 25, 1944.

Source: IJN Air Corps (1970)

 

[Wurger]

 

[MIflyer]

It's "damare".

There is a Vietnamese sandwich shop a few miles from my brother's home. It is called "Dang!"

 

[Shinpachi]

This photo was not allowed publication during the war as how turrets worked could be seen.

Image recovered by Shinpachi

Source: Japanese Air Corps during the War(1969)

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

This photo was not allowed publication during the war as how turrets worked could be seen.

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Image recovered by Shinpachi
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Source: Japanese Air Corps during the War(1969)

Great work Shinpachi

Is known were it was taken?

 

[Shinpachi]

Great work Shinpachi

Is known were it was taken?

Caption says "Army Type 99 twin light bomber(Ki-48) attacking Changde during the Sino-Japanese War."
Period is estimated November 1943.

 

[N4521U]

There is a Vietnamese sandwich shop a few miles from my brother's home. It is called "Dang!"

In the Carolinas no doubt!

 

[MIflyer]

In the Carolinas no doubt!

HA! That shows what you know! It's in Augusta, GA!

 

[Shinpachi]

Another not-allowed pic. Fiat BR.20 bomber flying in China ca. 1938 as the Japanese Type-I model 100 heavy bomber.
85 were imported but replaced with the Ki-21s later.

Source: Japanese Air Corps during the War(1969)

 

[Shinpachi]

An IJN Hanza-type water reconnaissance plane overturned by the wind blow from the backward circa 1925.

Source: Japanese Air Corps during the War(1969)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Non-stop flight from Kyushu to Taiwan by refueling an IJA type 88 model 1 reconnaissance plane in October, 1929.

Source: Japanese Air Corps during the War(1969)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Non-stop flight from Kyushu to Taiwan by refueling an IJA type 88 model 1 reconnaissance plane in October, 1929.

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Source: Japanese Air Corps during the War(1969)

It is kind of puzzling that the aerial refuelling didn't pick pace in the interwar period when there were a bunch of efforts at different countries.

Never knew about that flight, thanks Shinpachi . A true source of knowledge.

How long was the flight?