Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (2 Viewers)

[SaparotRob]

I always thought that it was an interesting type, from what I understand it was a land plane conversion of a Dornier Whal flying boat converted into a bomber.

At first glance, I thought it was a flying boat.

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima Ki-49s 3 chutai, 95th Sentai JAWI

 

[Viking1066]

Lt. Barbara Wojtulanis boards a Supermarine Spitfire for a ferry flight in England PISM

 

[Viking1066]

Polish women serving as pilots with the RAF Air Transport Auxiliary ferrying aircraft to locations in Europe. They are Lt. Anna Leska, Lt. Jadwiga Pilsudska and Lt. Barbara Wojtulanis 1940's PISM

 

[Shinpachi]

U.S. Army burns the military facilities in Manila to declare Open City on December 27, 1941.
IJA 48th and 16th divisions enter the city on January 1, 1942.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 8・太平洋戦争 2)(Dec.1978)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-48 Hokota Training School aircraft WIKI

 

[Viking1066]

B-17 '1601' Squadron 69 January 1949 IDAF

B-17 '1602' acquired from a dump in Florida and flown to Czechoslovakia then to Israel December 1948 IDAF

 

[Viking1066]

Unidentified pilots Mitsubishi A6M BURZE

 

[Viking1066]

Stored F-86K and Test and Eval Unit 61 in Ober-pfaffenhofen 1960 AIDOC

 

[Viking1066]

Squadron 117 Meteor strafing an EGDF field kitchen in the Sinai October 1956 IDAF

 

[Shinpachi]

Unidentified pilots Mitsubishi A6M BURZE
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Nice pic.
The guy in the cockpit looks Ryoji Ohara(1921-2018).

Ryoji Ohara

View: https://x.com/koudachinaoki/status/1629138736457072640

 

[Capt. Vick]

What a distinguished looking gentleman

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

What a distinguished looking gentleman

No sooner Ryoji Ohara sat on the seat than he checked the gauges on the panel swiftly, adjusted the seat level and peeked through the gunsight (Photographer Naoki Koudachi).

 

[Zippythehog]

But of course.

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima B5N1 'W-329' IJN Soryu China 1940 color profile BURI

Nakajima B5N1 'W-329' IJN Soryu China 1940 BURI

 

[Viking1066]

Invader graveyard at Clark Field 1964 after withdrawal from Vietnam. Black aircraft were fomer CIA aircraft. REDB

 

[Shinpachi]

IJA flying corps advances to the middle Luzon to support ground forces.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 8・太平洋戦争 2)(Dec.1978)
Wikipedia

 

[Vic Balshaw]

These are great pictures your bringing up Shinpachi and thanks for sharing.