Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (4 Viewers)

[johnbr]

Japanese homeland radar warning network

 

[johnbr]

A Shinto priest blesses the prototype fighter seeder N1K1-J 27

 

[fubar57]

This is becoming a "Picture of the Minute" thread as the other one turned out. Time for me to move on. It's a great Idea for a thread Shinpachi but it deviated from your main intention - information from the Asian perspective of the conflict

 

[johnbr]

Focke-Wulf drawing 0310 025-506 Jäger mit Jumo 222 E-F

 

[johnbr]

Yokosuka MXY-7 Cherry Blossom airframes

 

[Shinpachi]

This is becoming a "Picture of the Minute" thread as the other one turned out. Time for me to move on. It's a great Idea for a thread Shinpachi but it deviated from your main intention - information from the Asian perspective of the conflict

Thanks Geo.
My intention was anybody would not be blamed to post multiple pics at a time as I was blamed in the other thread.
I am glad to see more members posting here.

 

[tyrodtom]

The picture of the Cherry Blossoms reminds me of what I read in Blossoms in the Wind.

A newly trained pilot on transferring to a Ohka squadron exclaimed when he saw one for the first time. "it looks like a bomb with wings on it! "

One of the ground crew working on it replied " Well sir, that's because that's exactly what it is "

 

[Shinpachi]

Great pictures everyone!

Special thanks to Shinpachi for providing the source material from Japan. The pictures remind me a lot of what was accomplished by Shattered Sword when the authors decided to consult Japanese scholarship on the Battle of Midway - it corrected a lot of misconceptions which persisted in Western sources. Although some consider the historical work concerning WW2 to be largely 'done', I think there is a huge treasure trove of information from Japan which remains to be made available to North American and European audiences.


For most of the non-Japanese pictures, I feel that if I tried hard enough, I *could* find them myself. As for the Japanese sourced photos.... I don't know where I'd even begin. Anyone else get that feeling?

Thanks for the compliments, YGBSM.
I'm much honored.

Fantastic information. The assembly pictures are great. Is the source Koku-Fan. I had a paperback book by a Japanese admiral, whose name I can't remember, which was very informative on the Japanese strategy and tactics. It was an English translation long out of print and I was only half way through when I lost it. From the Japanese point of view, it was incredible informative and would like to find another. Give me guesses about title and author. Keep these great photos coming.

Thanks ed.
My picture sources at the moment are Mechanic of World Aircraft and Famous Airplanes of the World.
You might be talking about a Japanese admiral, Raizo Tanaka (1892-1969), for his victory of the Battle of Tassafaronga but his reputation was not necessarily good in my country as he did not complete his main mission - sending food to the soldiers on the island.

One of the best admirals of IJN would be Masatomi Kimura (1891-1960) who saved 5,200 garrison from Kiska.
Tamon Yamaguchi (1892-1942) is also famous for the PH.

 

[Shinpachi]

Showa/Nakajima L2D Tabby.
Licensed Douglas DC-3.
Mounted Mitsubishi Kinsei engine.

Passenger type.

Cargo type.

Source: Mechanic of World Aircraft vol.15

 

[Wurger]

 

[johnbr]

 

[michaelmaltby]

The Germans' archive

 

[johnbr]

 

[Shinpachi]

302-ku at Atsugi airfield in 1945.

Master of repair 2nd Lt. Motobayashi.

Sgt. Ryuji Yagi in the Zero cockpit.

P1Y1 under maintenance.

Sgt. Yamamoto and his J1N1.

P1Y1 and J1N1s.

Lt. Yoshimichi Baba and his D4Y2-S.

Source: Koku Fan Illustrated 97-10 No.96 "302-ku"

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Yokosuka P1Y1 in assembly line of probably Nakajima circa 1944.

Source: 知られざる軍用機開発（下巻）酣燈社 (Unknown Military Aircraft Development Vol.2 by Kantohsya)

 

[vikingBerserker]

Excellent pics! You never really hear a lot about the Japanese radar during the war.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff shinpachi!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Sinpachi, the people building the aircraft look like they are wearing military uniforms. Did the civilian workers wear something like that or were they in the military?

 

[Shinpachi]

Factory workers were civilians.
Men in the picture wore working clothes so as not to mind stains.