The "Original" Flight of the Phoenix? ...

[Mark Allen M]

... well sort of, kinda! .... or not!

A little bit of history first,

Surrender at Chihkiang - August 21, 1945

Japanese Brig. Gen. Kiyoshi, accompanied by two staff officers and one interpreter landed at the Chihkiang airfield on August 21, 1945. Brig. Gen. Kiyoshi was received by
Gen. Hsiao Yi-shu, Chief of Staff of the Chinese Army Headquarters, who, in an audience attended by more than one hundred Chinese and Allied officers, accepted the
surrender terms, ending hostilities between Japan and China.


A Japanese military delegation arrives in a Mitsubishi Ki-57 Topsy (transport version of the Ki-21 Sally bomber) at Chihkiang Airfield to discuss terms of surrender of Japanese forces in China at the end of World War II.

You can open this link and scroll down a bit for additional information.
http://www.danielsww2.com/page25.html


Chihkiang Airfield in China, 21 August 1945 arrival of an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Mitsubishi Ki-57

Below are a series of photos that I have no information to post. I would imagine these photos were taken post-war in China as well.








This is a guess as to what the Ki-57 in the photos below could have belonged to. All I could dig up so far.

And below is the "Phoenix" .... sort of ....


Looks to be a B-25H? and Japanese 'Topsy' melded together - sort of.

[Chris Brame]

Hmm. Mocked-up strafing range target?

[LysanderUK]

You'll give people ideas for a Reno racer posting pics like these.

Seriously though, I'm intrigued by the two tone horizontal bar markings on the Topsy propped up on drums. Anyone recognise the markings??

[Craig59]

Well, someone correct me if they think I’m wrong but, I believe the “Phoenix” is actually a late model B-25 (H, J) cockpit and engine. On the right side, note the faint outline of where the cheek guns used to be as well as the ammo feed slots. Also, note the canopy configuration and where the armor plates used to be attached. The engine has a section of cowling with individual exhaust stacks like the later B-25’s.

Oh, well, duh! Guess if I’d read the tiny caption I’d have seen that I was correct!

[Mark Allen M]

Oh, well, duh! Guess if I’d read the tiny caption I’d have seen that I was correct!

You summed it up much better than I did.

[res6kgcr]

Gooday all,

The other picture are taken somewhere in Indonesia.

The Topsy has marking of Indonesia independence movement. Looks like the Americans are providing some air transport support for the British who took the surrender of the Japanese till the Dutch could come back.

The soldier with the heavy machine gun could be on many sides.

Best to you all,

Tom

[LysanderUK]

Many thanks Tom, interesting info.