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[MIflyer]

Ki-67 looks more like a North American XB-28.

 

[CATCH 22]

Ki-67 looks more like a North American XB-28.

Here is the rest of the "Dragon"-photos.
BTW Ki-67 was called Hiryū which means "Flying Dragon".

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 10AF 80FG88FS Burma Banshee White 15 at Nagaghuli Assam N India 1944 ASBIZ

 

[MIflyer]

Interesting thing about the Burma Banshee paint scheme. There was a Chinese unit equipped with P-40 that had the noses painted white. At a distance this gave them the effect of having stubby noses like Japanese fighters. So if those Chinese fighters did a mock attack on American aircraft there was trouble telling if it was really Japanese aircraft attacking. Finally the Americans told the Chinese that the next mock attack by those white nosed fighters would cause them to be shot down. I wonder if the Burma Banshees had any problem with being mistaken for Japanese fighters.

 

[SaparotRob]

Ki-67 looks more like a North American XB-28.

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Fiddle with the nose and cockpit framing, that thing's American.

 

[Viking1066]

Martin T4M-1 torpedo bombers, Boeing F2B-1 fighters, and Boeing F3B-1 fighters on deck, circa 1929-1930, aboard USS SARATOGA HISN

 

[Viking1066]

USS Lexington (CV-2) Off Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, with Diamond Head in the background, 2 February 1933 HISN

 

[Lancero99]

IJAAF ace Sgt Susumu Kajinami of the 68th Sentai poses with his camouflaged Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (known as Tony by the allies) serial number 388, which was assigned to him at Kagamigahara in July 1943. He was one of the lucky ones who returned to Japan from New Guinea, surviving the war as a 24-victory (claimed real number around 8 or more) ace


During his service in New Guinea Sgt Kajinami claimed eight officially recognised aerial victories and another 16 unofficial probables or damaged for a total of 24, including six P-40s, five P-38s, a P-47, a F6F, a B-24, a B-25 and a C-47. In February 1944 he returned to Japan, where he was assigned to ferrying duties, attaining the rank of warrant officer and surviving the war to become a civilian flying instructor. Flying light aircraft well into the 1980s, Kajinami later confided to his wife that he thought the reason for his survival in New Guinea was down to three factors – firstly, the one-to-one fighter pilot training he had received at Akeno and from Akiro Okada, secondly, the robust and well protected Hien, and thirdly, the fact that he couldn't drink Sake (the Japanese rice wine)! Many of his contemporaries at Wewak drank heavily in the evening to alleviate their stress, and Kajinami believed it affected their performance. Rather than imbibing, he spent his time out of the cockpit carefully reviewing his combat performance and tactics, making notes and fixing in his mind the best manoeuvres and responses to enemy aircraft to improve his combat flying

 

[Lancero99]

View attachment 842350 IJAAF ace Sgt Susumu Kajinami of the 68th Sentai poses with his camouflaged Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (known as Tony by the allies) serial number 388, which was assigned to him at Kagamigahara in July 1943. He was one of the lucky ones who returned to Japan from New Guinea, surviving the war as a 24-victory (claimed real number around 8 or more) ace


During his service in New Guinea Sgt Kajinami claimed eight officially recognised aerial victories and another 16 unofficial probables or damaged for a total of 24, including six P-40s, five P-38s, a P-47, a F6F, a B-24, a B-25 and a C-47. In February 1944 he returned to Japan, where he was assigned to ferrying duties, attaining the rank of warrant officer and surviving the war to become a civilian flying instructor. Flying light aircraft well into the 1980s, Kajinami later confided to his wife that he thought the reason for his survival in New Guinea was down to three factors – firstly, the one-to-one fighter pilot training he had received at Akeno and from Akiro Okada, secondly, the robust and well protected Hien, and thirdly, the fact that he couldn't drink Sake (the Japanese rice wine)! Many of his contemporaries at Wewak drank heavily in the evening to alleviate their stress, and Kajinami believed it affected their performance. Rather than imbibing, he spent his time out of the cockpit carefully reviewing his combat performance and tactics, making notes and fixing in his mind the best manoeuvres and responses to enemy aircraft to improve his combat flying

After the war in the 80s he flew light aircraft
he owned a FA-200 Aero Subaru and he had his kill marks from his time in New Guinea applied to his plane
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[Viking1066]

Kyushu K10W1 Mitusbishi A6M and A5M4 training Ku RUSR

Kyushu K10W1 Oi Ku Makinohara Airfield 1944 FAND

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Viking1066]

E13A1 takes off from the catapult of the heavy cruiser Kumano ALTH

 

[syscom3]

In this colorized photo, 11-year-old cousins Wendy Atherton and Cathie Jones stand with Heinkel
He 111P-2 of 8./KG27 near their home at Border House Farm near Chester in Cheshire, August
14, 1940. The German plane had been targeting RAF Sealand along with two other planes and
was shot down (along with the other two planes) by Spitfires from RAF Hawarden after bombing
the airfield.

 

[Viking1066]

Second Boeing XPW-9 '23-1217' 1923 APMS

 

[MIflyer]

From Flight Journal, the world's only flying FW-190 with a BMW engine, flown by Steve Hinton.

 

[MIflyer]

Another shot of the only flying IL-2. From Flight Journal. The IL-10 was a later model, used by the DPRK in Korea, but it seems that they were not seem much after first encountering the F-80. I have some AM IL-2 kits, the earlier version without the tail gunner, a feature that made the airplane much more successful. You just can't beat having a guy looking out the back!

 

[Greg Boeser]

From Flight Journal, the world's only flying FW-190 with a BMW engine, flown by Steve Hinton.

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You can't trust the opinion of an experienced pilot. Atlantean physics demonstrates that the slower a FW 190 goes, the faster it goes.

 

[Viking1066]

One of the Dutch Dornier Do 24 STUR

 

[Viking1066]

Dutch Brewsters at Kallang STUR

 

[Wurger]

One of the Dutch Catalinas at San Diego ready for the delivery flight. Ferried by American crews the planes were taken over by Dutch Navy crews at Manilla, Philippines STUR
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You copied not that caption for the pic. It is the Dornier Do 24.