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[Viking1066]

Engine maintenance on a pair of Ki-55s. Approximately thirty of the type were used as trainers by the RoCAF until being retired INHG

 

[Wurger]

 

[MiTasol]

With hundreds of NA-16/BT-9/NJ-1 versions being built before the standardized T-6/SNJ, I'd suspect many maintenance/supply officers considered "North American" to be a favorite curse word.

Actually the supply guys probably liked them as both the USAAF and NAA put out interchangeability charts that were very extensive. The copy I have I posted somewhere on this forum about 15 years back covers many of the following:

Note that officially the Australian Wirraway (NA-33) is a modified BC-1 = NA-36 but has an earlier design number.

 

[smutny]

Engine maintenance on a pair of Ki-55s. Approximately thirty of the type were used as trainers by the RoCAF until being retired INHG

You have some nice photos of the RoCAF. Happen to have any of their FW-44's? Especially any in color?

 

[Viking1066]

It seems China bought about twenty, but they were all lost. Sweden purchased some, so they managed to at least hang on to one.

 

[smutny]

It seems China bought about twenty, but they were all lost. Sweden purchased some, so they managed to at least hang on to one.

Yeah... there were few and didn't last long. Thanks though.

 

[Viking1066]

Yeah... there were few and didn't last long. Thanks though.

welcome.

 

[cammerjeff]

Four Hawker Osprey S9 scout floatplanes on board the Swedish Aircraft Cruiser Gotland Taken in the late 1930's.
Source warship wednesday – laststandonzombieisland

 

[Zippythehog]

Spitfire Mark.1A, P9374 on the beach of Calais sometime soon after 24 May 1940. It went down
on 24 May 1940. F/O Peter Cazenove survived the crash-landing and ultimately became a POW.
The plane was buried under the sand shortly after this shot for decades, but emerged in 1980
and has been restored. The plane is flyable and is at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

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Seems I read somewhere that Spitfire was used in the movie Dunkirk. Can someone corroborate this?

 

[Viking1066]

Japanese warplanes that were transported to the U.S. for evaluation just after the war. Some of the photos are of the aircraft being prepared for shipments at Yokosuka, Japan in late October and early November, 1945 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Siamese fighter squadrons used Hawk IIs against France during late 1940 CURT

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Glider]

Seems I read somewhere that Spitfire was used in the movie Dunkirk. Can someone corroborate this?

I don't know about that but I was at Duxford a few years ago and they had another Spit 1a which had been shot down only a couple of weeks from this. It had also been restored to original condition and the differences between them were quite striking. In particular the different bullet proof windows and rear view mirrors.

 

[Viking1066]

D-1 towed by a Mitsubishi K3M for testing 1943 ALTH

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

May 27 2025.

German propaganda leaflet dropped at Dunkirk.

 

[Viking1066]

G4M-J1N-67s at Oppama AB August 1945 BOUD

 

[SaparotRob]

Too bad some of those weren't spared. Are there any intact G4Ms left anywhere in the world?

 

[Viking1066]

Here is your answer. No.
The G4M1 on display at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in 2010 WIKI

G4M2 12107's fuselage, restored and on display at the Kawaguchiko Motor Museum. the middle and rear sections of the fuselage were retained from the original aircraft, the forward section was completely rebuilt WIKI

 

[Viking1066]

There are A6Ms aplenty. Mitsubishi A6M2 no.51553 at Wright-Patterson AFB WINS

Mitsubishi A6M3 no.3621 at Chikuzen, Fukuoka WINS

Mitsubishi A6M5 no.4240 at Yiskukan, Chiyoda WINS

Mitsubishi A6M5 no.4586 at Hamamatsu AB, Shizuoka WINS

Mitsubishi A6M7 no.82729 at Yamato Museum, Kure, Hiroshima WINS