G3M NELL 14 Aug 1937 raid on China from Japan
Wed May 20, 2009 11:53 pm
1937 August 14, the first day of bombing China
in a daring "transoceanic flight" from Japan.
This NELL was the most damaged to survive.
At crash site:
exhibit set up...was exhibited at the Navy Museum.
Top turret has been completely deleted
for the exhibit:
in a daring "transoceanic flight" from Japan.
This NELL was the most damaged to survive.
At crash site:
exhibit set up...was exhibited at the Navy Museum.
Top turret has been completely deleted
for the exhibit:
Thu May 21, 2009 12:04 am
Neat photos. The 2nd and 4th linked photos are interesting in how they plotted the trajectories through the
aircrafts structure.
aircrafts structure.
Thu May 21, 2009 6:03 am
nell was a good looking broad!! great lines!!
Thu May 21, 2009 7:10 am
airnutz wrote:Neat photos. The 2nd and 4th linked photos are interesting in how they plotted the trajectories through the
aircrafts structure.
Maybe it's just me but those photos conjure up images of medieval archers bringing the thing down.....maybe even something "Pythonesque" about it.
Sorry, but I had to say it....
Thu May 21, 2009 7:27 am
"message for you, Sir" 
but....
Thu May 21, 2009 1:17 pm
...the Japanese NEVER BOMBED or invaded china, its a fact found in all their school history books, so I wonder what the real story is....
Thu May 21, 2009 1:23 pm
Airplanejunkie wrote:airnutz wrote:Neat photos. The 2nd and 4th linked photos are interesting in how they plotted the trajectories through the
aircrafts structure.
Maybe it's just me but those photos conjure up images of medieval archers bringing the thing down.....maybe even something "Pythonesque" about it.
Sorry, but I had to say it....
"If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, Survivor-san. NEVER fly below the archers!!!"
Re: but....
Thu May 21, 2009 1:31 pm
jet1 wrote:...the Japanese NEVER BOMBED or invaded china, its a fact found in all their school history books, so I wonder what the real story is....
Be wary of "blanket" statements/
Japanese history instructor, Saburo Ienaga wrote "The Pacific War" and did not start with Pearl Harbor... and the release of the book went thru the Japanese courts and then into the Japanese schools.
Review:
http://www.warbirdforum.com/pacwar.htm
Re: but....
Thu May 21, 2009 2:01 pm
David_Aiken wrote:jet1 wrote:...the Japanese NEVER BOMBED or invaded china, its a fact found in all their school history books, so I wonder what the real story is....
Be wary of "blanket" statements/
Japanese history instructor, Saburo Ienaga wrote "The Pacific War" and did not start with Pearl Harbor... and the release of the book went thru the Japanese courts and then into the Japanese schools.
Review:
http://www.warbirdforum.com/pacwar.htm
Good book review David. I find it interesting the Japanese are so quick to condemn the US for bombing their
cities(conventional and atomic), but it was they who, beginning with this mission your photos document,
were first in the practice of bombing civilian cities...prior to any other power in the region.
Ironic, huh?
Edited for correction.