Thai-Vichy war 1941
Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:54 am
Thailand had a bunch of Japanese WWII era arcraft. What happened to them all?
most seem to have survived the war...
Among the 140 aircraft that composed the air force's first-line strength were twenty-four Mitsubishi Ki-30 light bombers, nine Mitsubishi Ki-21 medium bombers, twenty-five Hawk 75Ns pursuit planes, six Martin B-10 medium bombers, and seventy O2U Corsair light bombers.[9]
most seem to have survived the war...
Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:32 pm
As I know they were used after the way and maybe some more was includede from captivity. But wait for some better informed for reply.
Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:10 pm
While not Japanese, I know at least one each of the O2U and Hawk 75N survived, and are at the RTAF Museum. This should have more:
http://www.rtaf.mi.th/museum/MUS-HIST-2.HTM
http://www.rtaf.mi.th/museum/MUS-HIST-2.HTM
Japanese aircraft of the Thai Vichy War
Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:21 pm
It's true that most Japanese aircraft serving with the Royal Thai Air Force survived the war and many served until as late as 1949. I appears that most were scrapped. The only survivor that I know of is the Tachikawa Ki 36 Ida in the Royal Thai Air Force Museum.