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[Viking1066]

IJN Hiryu Yokosuka 1939 WIKI

 

[Viking1066]

Here is the departure ceremony for a pair of Jakes on 05 APR 45 which attacked the U.S. Fleet off Okinawa as part of the 5th Floating Chrysanthemum Operation INHG

 

[Viking1066]

IJN ace Kiyoshi Ito at Tsukuba, Japan, 1945 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

K5Y1 from Miho no.2 Kokutai ALTH

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-79a. 19th Hikotai 1945

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi A6M of Kamikaze unit Philippines 1944 WOWO

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden of the Genzan Ku 1945 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima B5N2s from the Ryujo over Java Sea 1942 after sinking Dutch destroyer REDD

 

[Capt. Vick]

Clarify please L2D4 with wood parts or L2D5 with wood fuselage and wings?

The only thing i can say for sure in hat the fuselage was definitely built from wood. I will post the picture if no one has the book.

 

[Capt. Vick]

The only thing i can say for sure in hat the fuselage was definitely built from wood. I will post the picture if no one has the book.

I may have been in the book Broken Wings of the Samurai, but i think it was in Dead Birds and Meatballs.

 

[Capt. Vick]

I may have been in the book Broken Wings of the Samurai, but i think it was in Dead Birds and Meatballs.

 

[MiTasol]

Thank you - a great photo and clearly a wooden fuselage. It shows that at least one wood fuselage was built but seeing it was in the junk yard that does not mean it ever flew. The question is was this a one off or just a failure for some reason like a bad glue joint. Given that wooden aircraft are usually heavier than metal ones maybe it was junked because the weight increase was too high. Maybe it was a static test unit. Unfortunately there are many reasons for why it ended up in the junk pile and even more unfortunately we will probably never know why. I think I need the updated version of Francillon's book just in case he was able to solve the problem.

 

[cammerjeff]

I like this Post war B-17 VIP transport conversion

source Civil Aviation – Page 3 – The Jive Bomber

 

[Lancero99]

A Mitsubishi Ki-67-la Hiryū or Peggy twin-engine bomber with towing equipment takes off with its tow, the Kokusai Ku.7 Army Experimental Transport Glider. 1944

Source: Bueschel, R. M. (1997). Mitsubishi Ki-67/ Ki-109 Hiryu in Japanese Army Air Force Service .Schiffer Pub. pg. 25. ISBN:0-7643-0350-3

 

[cammerjeff]

This incident took place about 3 miles from my house at Willow Run Airport. Date unknown. Oops.

source Naval Aviation Post-war – The Jive Bomber

 

[cammerjeff]

Some things I have never seen Before

Source Naval Aviation Post-war – Page 2 – The Jive Bomber

 

[Viking1066]

This aircraft is assigned to a shipborne detachment as indicated by two white-outlined markings on the floats which indicates it belongs to the second ship within its Division. Unfortunately, the specific ship is unknown INHG

 

[Viking1066]

the Aichi E10A type 96 "Hank", which saw even more limited production with only ten being built INHG

 

[Viking1066]

Shoki unit training at Akeno September 1943 KOKU

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!