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Originally Posted by taly01
Front half appears to have underwing racks so is probably a late Ki-43-IIb that means ~March 1944 production. Appears to be in New Guinea, my first guess is 248th Sentai as some of their planes had part unpainted fuselages and were there at that time.
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Michael, welcome to the forum!
Using your forum nickname, I found your excellent website and a full summary of A6M Zero production which I have never seen before. A very good piece of research:
https://mysimtech.wordpress.com/ww2aircraft/11000zero/
May I follow up the sources for your review of USAAF aircraft strength in the Pacific? I am referring to the following link, of course:
https://mysimtech.wordpress.com/ww2aircraft/ww2-usaaf/
You will not yet be able to use the forum's private message function, so you contact me by e-mail, my address is available at the following link, courtesy of Michael Holm -
http://www.ww2.dk/Luftwaffe%20Research.html
Kind regards,
Dan
P.S. I have copied Michael's summary of Ki-43 specifications here for those who have not seen it before: