Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (20 Viewers)

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Viking1066]

A6M and D3A 1945 the net

 

[Viking1066]

A formation of 53rd Sentai Toryū. The 53rd Sentai operated out of Matsudo Airfield during 1945 and was primarily tasked with intercepting B-29 raids the net

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

A formation of 53rd Sentai Toryū. The 53rd Sentai operated out of Matsudo Airfield during 1945 and was primarily tasked with intercepting B-29 raids the net
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It's a colourized pic? I remember the wing leasing edge paint as yellow

 

[CATCH 22]

It's a colourized pic? I remember the wing leasing edge paint as yellow

This particular one and several more posted in the thread earlier are original colour photographs. They were published in Arawasi international-magazine, issue 11 2009.

Colours are somehow washed out for our eyes.
And yes, the leading edge is yellow, same as the arrow on the tail.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

This particular one and several more posted in the thread earlier are original colour photographs. They were published in Arawasi international-magazine, issue 11 2009.
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Colours are somehow washed out for our eyes.
And yes, the leading edge is yellow, same as the arrow on the tail.
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Thanks, the white band around the wing hinomaru also mislead me

 

[Viking1066]

53rd Hko Sentai "25" leading a pair of 3rd Chutai Toryu the net

 

[Viking1066]

A detail of D1Ys preparing to take off showing the bomb shackles the net

 

[Viking1066]

A brand new H8K2-L Seikū transport is rolled out of the Kawanishi Naruo plant November 1943 the net

 

[Viking1066]

This photo shows the JAAF winter flight suit to advantage as well as details of the Ki-45 camouflage mottling and propeller marking the net

 

[CATCH 22]

This photo shows the JAAF winter flight suit to advantage as well as details of the Ki-45 camouflage mottling and propeller marking the net
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Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

Unit commander speaks to his pilots of the 4th Sentai with Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryus behind 1944 REDD

ww2aircraft.net

 

[Viking1066]

If you study these photos you will see two types of fairings, smooth sheet metal as in this example and a canvas fairing as seen earlier the net

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima J5N Tenrai photo 3 the net

 

[CATCH 22]

If you study these photos you will see two types of fairings, smooth sheet metal as in this example and a canvas fairing as seen earlier the net
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All those have been made "in field" so probably depending on skills, materials and time. More interesting in this particular photo is the absence of the oblique firing guns. In fact some of those ramming-planes (Tai-atari) were not equipped as the night fighters and were slightly different. Probably even the nose gun was deleted as well. The missing antenna-mast is a typical sign for a ramming a/c.