Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (22 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Ki-21 aircraft of the 60th Hiko Sentai over China with different paint schemes and stripes indicating the 2nd chutai or the 1st chutai MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-30s at the Army AF Officer School MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Kasumigaura Ab with K5Y1s lined up with serial numbers from 201-799 and K5Y2s from 801-899 BURI

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Viking1066]

Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu launching her aircrafts to attack USS Yorktown (CV-5) at Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Kasumigaura Ku K5Y1 newly delivered BURI

 

[Viking1066]

3rd Kokutai at Manado Airfield on Celebes Island taken on Jan 20, 1942. Mitsubishi A6M2 model 21 Navy Type 0 carrier fighter in the front as the tailcode X-139 with C5M2 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

10th production model of the Kwasaki Ki-3 of the 7th Air Regiment, at Tachikawa AF 1934 MODE

 

[Frog]

 

[Viking1066]

16th Rentai aircraft early stages Sino-Japanese War MODE

 

[Viking1066]

74th Sentai over Formosa with "166' i the distance MTOD

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[WARSPITER]

16th Rentai aircraft early stages Sino-Japanese War MODE
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Man, I really have to read these with a bit more care. I thought for a bit that they had an Uber airforce. Then i realised the caption says Rentai, not Rental.
Please continue.

 

[cammerjeff]

CV-10 USS Yorktown in a Lock in the Panama Canal in 7-11-1943 with TBF's & SBD's on deck

source warship wednesday – laststandonzombieisland

 

[Viking1066]

90 Hikō Sentai aircraft at Taiyun AF North China Squadrons had rudders painted in red and yellow, whihc are difficult to see in b/w MODE

 

[Viking1066]

A formation of Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu 7th heavy bomber regiment over New Guinea REDD

 

[Viking1066]

A heavily worn A6M3 Model 22a (or possibly one of the early-production A6M5s fitted with the cowling and exhaust arrangement of the previous model) at Yatabe AB 1945 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

A Junkers K 37 of the IJAAF imported with "Aikoku-go" indicating it was donated by the Academic & Technical Encouragement Fund January 1932 MODE

 

[Warspite63]

A heavily worn A6M3 Model 22a (or possibly one of the early-production A6M5s fitted with the cowling and exhaust arrangement of the previous model) at Yatabe AB 1945 FACB
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Great pic. It is weirdly reminiscent of the many images of RAF pilots lounging on the grass around their Hurricanes in the summer of 1940......

 

[Viking1066]

A6M2 trainer taxies past the hangers at Kasumigaura with a K3M in front of a hanger MTOD