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72nd FS 21st FG P-51Ds attacking a Japanese airield in 1945.
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i recognize the nell bomber, but is that a zeke resting on barrels or jacks??

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tom d. friedman wrote:
i recognize the nell bomber, but is that a zeke resting on barrels or jacks??




Is it a Rufe? The first pic looks like a Pete.

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Looks like a Zeke with the tail propped up. I think the bipe in the background is a Nakajima E8N "Dave," possibly re-equipped with an inline engine. It's definately too skinny for a Pete.

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What interests me are the Hinomarus (meatballs) on the Nell. It appears to either be very faded, or to have been deliberately painted out. At first I thought maybe the photo was simply bleached out, but the Zeke in the background clearly has red insignia.

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A Zeke on blocks... maybe he was strafing in Philadelphia. :)

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It's a Aichi E13A Jake Floatplane you yick-yacks :shock: :wink:
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why is there an overall grey A6M still around in 1945? A training aircraft would be green over orange by this point, wouldn't it? And a front-line aircraft would be green over grey or natural aluminum, so does this indicate a ground-instruction or decoy A6M2 or A6M3?

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[quote="Steve Nelson"]Looks like a Zeke with the tail propped up. I think the bipe in the background is a Nakajima E8N "Dave," possibly re-equipped with an inline engine. It's definately too skinny for a Pete.

I think it's an ALF (Kawanishi E7K - Type 94 Recce seaplane), the tail looks about right and it looks like it has a 4 blade prop.

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