Re: Ki43s over 'Broadway' March 17th 1944
50th Sentai-------lighning flash from rudder to wing root , in Chutai colours( blue HQ, then red ,yellow, white).
64th Sentai------broad arrow diagonnally across fin-rudder (colours blue,white,red,yellow).
204th Sentai---------short bar on leading edge of fin, (red-white for HQ, then white,red,yellow) (there's one on the cbi-history site under "artwork").
Overall finishes dark green uppers or bare metal with green dapple. Undersides varied,unpainted or light grey. They would normally have the white rear fuselage band.
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