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Mitsubishi MC-20 Army Type 100 Transport Airplane the net
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IJN Zuikaku 30 October-13 November 1943 Operation RO-GO the net
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Kawasaki Ki-61 the net
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Nakajima B5N2 the net
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parked the net
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Prototype Ki-44-III at Fussa 1943 the net
Have a different text for this particular a/c - that it is a Ki-44II-Ko (or a). It could have been a prototype for the II series but not for III IMHO. AFAIK only a Ki-44 III experimental a/c has been produced with a Ha-145 18-cylinder engine.
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Nakajima B5N1-K "Ka-318" of the Kasumiguara Hikotai the net
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Nakajima E8N2 near IJN Soryu and IJN Ryujo the net
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Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Kaga after reconstruction the net
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Kawasaki Ki-61 37th Training Squadron Matyuyama the net
Haven't seen this strange mask before. I must tell you, I was thinking it's an AI-BS. It is not - read the description at the bottom:
New sand-blasting helmet. Washington, D.C., Oct. 15. Protection against that dreaded disease Silieosis, is assured underground workers with this new sand-blasting helmet developed by William P. Biggs, Safety Engineer of the Navy Department Weighing only 43 ounces the helmet has been tested for nearly a year in various naval stations throughout the country.
Don't know the exact year though.
Source: Library of Congress
New sand-blasting helmet. Washington, D.C., Oct. 15. Protection against that dreaded disease Silieosis, is assured underground workers with this new sand-blasting helmet developed by William P. Biggs, Safety Engineer of the Navy Department Weighing only 43 ounces the helmet has been tested for nearly a year in various naval stations throughout the country.
Don't know the exact year though.
Source: Library of Congress
MiTasol
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Patent records may suggest/provide the year
It's October 15, 1936 as per detailed photo information.
And the disease mentioned in the text I posted with the photo is Silicosis. The mistake could be a typo by the Library or by the original source. I also wondered why a mask is called "helmet" but that's a different story.
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Thank you for the date.
You are right on silicosis being the correct spelling - it is still a problem and manufactured stone bench tops have recently been banned here because of the large number of cutters who got silicosis.
You are right on silicosis being the correct spelling - it is still a problem and manufactured stone bench tops have recently been banned here because of the large number of cutters who got silicosis.
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Crew watches as a Loire 130 is catapulted aloft from a Dunkerque class battleship the net
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Nakajima B5N2 "EII-330" of the Zuikaku Indian Ocean April 1942 the net
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Nakajima Ki-44 Army 'Shoki' of 87th Sentai, 1st Chutai (unit emblem in white) seen in Guangdong province, South China in December 1943 the net
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Nakajima A6M2-Ns and Mitsubishi F1M "Pete" of 934 Kokutai at Halong seaplane base, Ambon Island, March 1944 the net
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Nakajima B5N2 Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber ("Kankō"/"Kate"). Interesting is the fuel tank under the fuselage the net
