Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (13 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Group of Yokosuka P1Y Ginga bombers 1944 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

IJAAF pilots of 50th Sentai pose in front of Ki-43-II in Burma REDD

 

[CATCH 22]

IJAAF pilots of the 53rd Sentai scramble to their Ki-45s Matsudo AB 1944 REDD

IMHO and AFAIK the above photo must be staged. The a/c from the SHINTEN SEKUTAI (Air Superiority Squadron=kamikaze unit) marked by that double-headed arrow, did not have a rear gunner and/or other armament. Unless this is the pilot going to his place and the rear hatch is just opened for unknown reason.
Here's a photo of another a/c from the same unit - check rear cockpit:

Translation (ChatGPT):
November 1944 (Shōwa 19). Photograph taken shortly after the formation of the 53rd Hiko Sentai's, 3rd Shinten Sekutai. before its personnel strength was increased to eight men, together with a Ki-45 special-configuration aircraft.
From the left: Sergeant Major Tanoue Hisago, Second Lieutenant Aoki Tetsurō, Sergeant Major Yamada Kenji, and Warrant Officer Iizuka Shigeo.
The aircraft in the background bears a red fuselage identification band with a white border crossing the unit's arrow emblem, and is believed to be the aircraft of unit commander 2nd Lt. Aoki Tetsurō.

And two profiles:

Ki-45 Modified Special Specification Aircraft, 53rd Flight Squadron 3rd Shinten Sekutai,, Showa Year 20 (1945), Matsudo Airfield, Chiba Prefecture

 

[GTX]

ANF Les Mureaux after a forced landing due to battle damage during the French Sarre Offensive of Sept. 1939.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Viking1066]

IJN Junyo's B5N2 ready to take off JAPE

 

[Viking1066]

Masamitsu Yoshioka passed away August 29, 2024 at the age of 106. With him disappears one of the last direct witnesses to the attack on Pearl Harbor century FACB

 

[Viking1066]

I found this beast for $25. Here's the real deal.

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi A6M2 model 11s of the 14th at Saigon Indochina July 1941

 

[Viking1066]

Tachikawa Ki-54c of the Hikō Dai-15 Sentai at Nanjing Airfield outside of Dailan China summer 1943 MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Suisei Type 12 Model E aircraft belonging to the 3rd Squadron of the 302nd Ku stationed at Atsugi with Lt. Chuji Mita 1944 FACB

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[cammerjeff]

I don't think I have ever seen an inflight picture of these 3 types before

source TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY – Air Sea Heritage Foundation

 

[Viking1066]

This Avenger has an unusually-small fuselage insignia INHG

 

[Dana Bell]

I don't think I have ever seen an inflight picture of these 3 types before
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source TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY – Air Sea Heritage Foundation

There's a similar image on page 156 of the new In Action. Bombing Six couldn't make the photo op as the squadron was still converting to BT-1s.

Cheers,


Dana

 

[special ed]

I don't think I have ever seen an inflight picture of these 3 types before
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source TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY – Air Sea Heritage Foundation

A very warm day - all canopies open.

 

[Viking1066]

IJAAF pilots in front of Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu bombers of the Hamamatsu Flying School December 1944 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

IJN Kaga with a type 96 fighter on deck 1937-1938 MARS

 

[ARTESH]

Masamitsu Yoshioka passed away August 29, 2024 at the age of 106. With him disappears one of the last direct witnesses to the attack on Pearl Harbor century FACB
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May his soul rests in eternal peace.

 

[special ed]

IJAAF pilots in front of Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu bombers of the Hamamatsu Flying School December 1944 REDD
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Each man with his Samori.