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[Shinpachi]

IJA 55th division heads for Moulmein, Burma in January 1942.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

Source: Wiki

 

[Shinpachi]

Minami unit interviews a Burmese bureaucrat in Moulmein to collect information in February 1942.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

 

[Zippythehog]

Sea Hurricane Mk Ibs of No.800 and 880 Squadrons aboard HMS Indomitable at Freetown participating in Operation Pedestal LODE

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Nakajima B5N2 type 97 model 3 'VI-324' IJN Kaga early 1941 Japan BURAO

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Martlets and Swordfish, too, on Indomitable. What are those inboard ports on the Hurricane leading edge? The gun ports are about mid-span.

 

[cammerjeff]

I agree but I think the Torpedo planes are Albacore's not Swordfish.

 

[Viking1066]

I agree but I think the Torpedo planes are Albacore's not Swordfish.

The aircraft are parked, almost touching; the Hurricanes in echelon up the starboard side, the Fulmars up the port side, and the Albacores with the whole of the after end to themselves. To prevent them getting adrift, they are chocked fore and aft and lashed down with wire lashings. These are so arranged that it is almost impossible to take more than three steps without tripping over one. The air has a dead, flat taste, and stinks of oil and petrol; and this smell, a sickly, cloying smell, seems to condense on to the metal surfaces of the deck and the aircraft and the tools in a tacky, black film.​

— Hugh Popham: Sea Flight: The Wartime Memoirs of a Fleet Air Arm Pilot
More details at Armoured Aircraft Carriers. I hope this helps. Excellent site.

 

[Viking1066]

Phantom II '35 + 52' 'Black Panther' above North Sea SCHE.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

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— Hugh Popham: Sea Flight: The Wartime Memoirs of a Fleet Air Arm Pilot
More details at Armoured Aircraft Carriers. I hope this helps. Excellent site.

Amazing that such a big plane as the Avenger could take off from such a small place.

Armoured Aircraft Carriers is a great aire and the YouTube channel is great also, full of first hand accounts and vintage films.

 

[MiTasol]

Martlets and Swordfish, too, on Indomitable. What are those inboard ports on the Hurricane leading edge? The gun ports are about mid-span.

If you mean on the port leading edge then I suspect that it was a marking or something on the neg/photo as the leading edge inboard of the landing gear is the engine oil tank.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I do believe some Hurricanes did have inboard guns fitted.

 

[Viking1066]

Undentified pilot and his D3A with tactical marking on the cowling WIMI

 

[Zippythehog]

I do believe some Hurricanes did have inboard guns fitted.

I would like to know more about this. Do you have a source for reference? I have no doubt of the veracity of your post, I just would like to read more about this modification.

 

[Admiral Beez]

riders rolling with the Harley-Davidson WLAs and Thompson SMGs for a photo shoot. Snappy package all in all. View attachment 540625

This photo reminded me of the IJA's Type 93 and 97 motorcycles.

Type 97 Motorcycle

The Type 97 Motorcycle was a motorcycle that was used by Japan during World War II. The Type 97 was a motorcycle and sidecar that had been inspired from Harley Davidson designs. It had a total weight of 500 kilograms and a total length of 2.7 meters. The vehicle also had an air-cooled, gasoline...

ww2-history.fandom.com

These were license-produced Harley Davidsons.

 

[Viking1066]

IJN Shokaku's B5N2s returning from PH raid December 1941KIDE

 

[Admiral Beez]

Some other great photos of H-Ds in Japan.

The Japanese Harley-Davidsons | The Vintagent

The Little-Known story of Harley-Davidsons built in Japan before and after WW2

thevintagent.com

 

[special ed]

It appears the Japanese mounted the side car on the left side. Is that because they drive on the wrong side of the road as the Brits?

 

[cammerjeff]

Correct

 

[Shinpachi]

Power line cycle is 60Hz in Osaka while 50Hz in Tokyo though I don't know which is US or UK nowadays

 

[Viking1066]

AAC.1 Toucans of GT 1/64 'Bearn' at Tan Son Nhut AF Saigin late 1940s USAF.

Douglas DB-7 in Japanese Service 1942 JAAS

 

[Wurger]

 

[SaparotRob]

Those are almost startling liveries to me. Uncommon markings for "common" aircraft.
Cool post.