Did the D4Y come from Yap and do you know when it was salvaged? The pictures I posted of what I thought was a KI-61 might actually be that plane. I only thought it was a Tony because of the engine. It was pretty torn up. My pic was taken 40 years ago.
Thank you, that is super interesting. I've often wondered what happened to those planes. What I thought was a KI-61 was not at the airfield, didn't see it listed in the link you provided. Forty years ago there was WW2 stuff laying all over the place.
From the site mentioned above and a few others I have learned that a lot of the wreckage has been scavenged for scrap value. In fact entire sunken wrecks have been dynamited and lifted to the surface and sold as scrap metal. Which in some cases is disturbing as those ships are often treated as war graves.