Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (13 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

The 452nd Kokutai was deployed to Kiska Island in the Aleutians in September 1942 aboard the tender Kimigawa Maru REDD

 

[Glider]

The 452nd Kokutai was deployed to Kiska Island in the Aleutians in September 1942 aboard the tender Kimigawa Maru REDD
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It does highlight the problem with seaplane bases

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-44 fighters of the 47 Sentai, Chofu near Tokyo 1943 WORD

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-32 of 75 Hikō Sentai which could be 1st chutai or 2nd chutai which had its markings changed 1939-1940 MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-30s of the 1st Chutai, 90th Sentai at Taiyuan West AF before the Pingtung Operation July 1939 MODE

 

[MIflyer]

Take a look at this P-38 rocket load! A pod load plus three more on a different rack. It's a wonder to me how they all cleared the prop. From Flight Journal.

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-21, Ki-48, Ki-54 and Ki-51 all with the same gray-green colors, which vary by shade Mito AF 1943 MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-3 early stages of Sino-Japanese War from an unidentified unit with the katakana character "A" in black MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Kawanishi E7K2 from IJNS Okinoshima 1942 ARTI

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki KI-32 of the 2nd Chutai, 75th Sentai with designation "Chihaya" in hiragana characters 1939-1940 MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-3 donated as "Patriotic Aircraft No.100" from the people of Mie Prefecture 1936-1937 MODE

Wonderful build for a resin kit.

 

[Zippythehog]

Take a look at this P-38 rocket load! A pod load plus three more on a different rack. It's a wonder to me how they all cleared the prop. From Flight Journal.

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Hey-yeah. Just a joke? AI image?

"Just shut down number one, feather the prop, bump the starter to get two blades above the wing, aim, salvo, then air start the engine in the dive. Standard Operating Procedures."

 

[Greg Boeser]

Probably Definitely M41A1 fragmentation clusters.
Larger pods could hold 20, smaller could hold six.

 

[Viking1066]

Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-Kai 1945 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-2 "38" of either the 5th or 6th Hiko Daitai at Hamamatsu 1930's AF MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-2-Is of the 5th or 9th Air Group. May 1938 MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-56s of the Himeji Hiko Sentai deployed at Saigon Airfield French Indochina January 1942 MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien of 149th Shimbu Unit at Ashiya airfield 1945 WIKI

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-48 of the 75th Hiko Sentai REDD