Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (16 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

A photo of one of the experimental versions, the Yokosuka E1Y2-D or Type 14 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model Kai-1-D the net

 

[Viking1066]

An Aichi B7A Ryusei Yokosuka Ku carrying a torpedo the net

 

[Viking1066]

D4Y1-C serving on the "Southern Front" the net

 

[Warspite63]

Aichi H9A1 the net
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That's a handsome plane

 

[Viking1066]

At Oita NAB Nakajima Ki-44-IIc (s/n 1765) in foreground. Behind "Shoki" is Mitsubishi A5M4 carrying the tail code 'トク-127' (ToKu-127) belonging to Tokushima Kokutai the net

 

[Viking1066]

Dornier Do J Wal ("Whale"), manufactured under license by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (Aviation Department), Hyogo, Kobe, c. 1925 the net

 

[Viking1066]

D4Y 653 Ku 263 Hikotai 1944 the net

 

[Viking1066]

G3M and A6M the net

 

[Viking1066]

D4Y1 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Front view on the Nakajima Ki-44-IIc (s/n 1765) seen at at Oita Naval Air Base around the beginning of 1944. Behind the "Shoki" is an overal grey Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 21 of the Tsukuba Ku the net

 

[Wurger]

the pic source: the net.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Front view on the Nakajima Ki-44-IIc (s/n 1765) seen at at Oita Naval Air Base around the beginning of 1944. Behind the "Shoki" is an overal grey Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 21 of the Tsukuba Ku the net
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What was doing an Army fighter on a naval base? Some trials?

 

[Viking1066]

What was doing an Army fighter on a naval base? Some trials?

Take your pick. Transient / Stopover Parkin, Cross-Service Testing and Evaluation or most likely Shared Air Defense Coordination.

 

[CATCH 22]

Take your pick. Transient / Stopover Parkin, Cross-Service Testing and Evaluation or most likely Shared Air Defense Coordination.

Have two more photos of the same a/c - don't know the story behind though:

Often misidentified as a Ki.44-II otsu (b) with 40mm cannons. No, those are not cannons in the wings but the standard 12.7mm guns with covers.

 

[cammerjeff]

B-23 testing fly by Glider Pick up

source Douglas B-23 Dragon - Destination's Journey

 

[Frog]

What was doing an Army fighter on a naval base? Some trials?

Preparing a history by Martin Caidin.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Take your pick. Transient / Stopover Parkin, Cross-Service Testing and Evaluation or most likely Shared Air Defense Coordination.

Given the "unfriendly" relation between the Army and the Navy, the last one seems difficult to belive. Did they had shared airfields? To my knowledge, they didn't share radar sites nor even the information.