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Rogue
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7 looks like a Q1W Lorna
8 are F1M Pete's
9 Baka of course
10 Looks like a Ki-100 Tony and a J1N1 Irving with Zero's

Nice! 8)
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Didn't someone post a pic from the Air Zoo (IIRC) some kind of Japanese rear engine fighter? It was bright green. What was that?
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the flying boat is an aichi h9A, a pre-war design used in the early stages of ww 2. the ju 88 looking bird is a kyushu q1w1 used in anti submarine patrols along the home islands of japan & for twin engined training. slow, & poorly armed, but a lesser known type that would be cool to find & restore.

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i'm amazed.... most of these pics i've never seen!! are they from a private collection of a war veteran????

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!
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These photographs come from Captured Enemy Equipment file at the National Archives, all photos are taken after the equipment was in our hands, by looking at all the pictures I would say some are test evaluation, lots are just the troops having some fun flying enemy airplanes....In November I plan on going back and recopy lots of the pictures as I was just learning to use the new digital camera.......Props were also supposed to be removed, no one wanted a last minute Kamikaze attack....

.....PHOTOS MOVED TO... http://tinyurl.com/d8lvle


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Could #12 be the Planes of Fame Jack?
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more Japanese planes.....PHOTOS MOVED TO... http://tinyurl.com/d8lvle


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Sweet, in the last pic there is a Showa L2D4 "Tabby" 8)

An almost exact copy of a C-47/DC-3. :o
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Here is a better photograph

.....PHOTOS MOVED TO... http://tinyurl.com/d8lvle


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What the heck is #7? (Looks like a mix between a JU-88 and a DO-17)


Definately a Kyushu Q1W1 Tokai (Allied code name Lorna.) It was an ASW patrol plane..there were only 100-150 built. It was designed to have long range and low speed, but it's only defensive armament was a single flexible machine gun in the rear cockpit, making it easy meat for Allied fighters. I built a model of one a few years back..it's just so cute it's irresistable.

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Didn't someone post a pic from the Air Zoo (IIRC) some kind of Japanese rear engine fighter? It was bright green. What was that?


I think that may have been me. The plane in question is the Curtiss XP-55 "Ascender" (a deliberate reference to the pusher prop..replace the "c" in Ascender with an "s.") This is the sole survivor of the three prototypes built..one crashed during testing, the other during a post-war airshow. The plane is owned by the Smithsonian, and was in storage for decades. When the Air Zoo entered the Smithsonian partnership program, they were allowed to restore and display the plane.

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Time for Japanese planes

.....PHOTOS MOVED TO... http://tinyurl.com/d8lvle


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Awsome pics! Keep 'em coming!

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notice picture 28, whats the deal on the drums in the rear cockpit??
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Haven't you ever heard of the Stearman "Tokyo tanks"? :lol:

Don't really know, but the photos are fantastic! Thanks.
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notice picture 28, whats the deal on the drums in the rear cockpit??


Many Ki-9s were fitted with steel drums full of explosives, with the intention of turning them into Kamikaze aircraft. Pretty desperate.

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