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[Viking1066]

Hiro Arsenal Type 89 Flying Boat, an all-metal version of the Type 15 Flying Boat—which could be considered the first truly domestically produced flying boat the net

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hiens the net

 

[Frog]

PBJ-1H :

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi B2M 1930s the net

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi Ki 21 I Hamamatsu Army Flying School the net

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Mitsubishi B2M 1930s the net
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was it an indigenous design?

 

[Viking1066]

was it an indigenous design?

.It was designed in Britain by Blackburn Aircraft as the T.7B, an enlarged development of their Ripon torpedo bomber, and built for a Japanese Navy competition commissioned by Mitsubishi.

 

[Viking1066]

The sole Blackburn B-7, May 1935 the net

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

.It was designed in Britain by Blackburn Aircraft as the T.7B, an enlarged development of their Ripon torpedo bomber, and built for a Japanese Navy competition commissioned by Mitsubishi.

I noted some family semblance.

 

[SaparotRob]

The sole Blackburn B-7, May 1935 the net
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A nice looking Blackburn. How about that.

 

[WARSPITER]

A nice looking Blackburn. How about that.

Good point.

 

[SaparotRob]

This day was actually a couple of weeks ago. We had to go to Ubon Rachatani. This is the gate guarded by two Tweets at the Royal Air Force Base.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Viking1066]

Following "Aikoku No. 1," which was the first Army aircraft to appear in camouflage paint during the Manchurian Incident, this model also became widely familiar to the public in that same camouflage scheme the net

 

[Viking1066]

Aichi D1A2 '9-202' the net

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima Ki-4 China 1 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-45 photographed at Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture in February 1945 the net

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Ki-45 photographed at Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture in February 1945 the net
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The upward firing cannons are clearly visible

 

[Viking1066]

The upward firing cannons are clearly visible

Original color photo from newspaper archives. It appears that they were the favorites of the Japanese press.

 

[Viking1066]

An interesting photo of "33" on the snow-covered field at Chiba in February 1945. The whistling arrow insignia here is simplified compared to the others the net