japanese ww2 archieves help wanted

[philippe1]

dear reader,
I am looking for someone who lives in japan or who has experience in searching in japanese war archieves if they still exists.
My search has to do with luftwaffe planes delivered to the japanese during the war.
i am looking for more info about this and pictures.
I know some were delivered so i suppose the technical part as maintenance and repair documents also.
any help?
thanks in advance
phil

[edwest]

These people should be of help:


http://www.j-aircraft.com




Regards,
Ed

[Pilot]

Almost all of the Japanese archive was captured and held mostly in USA. This material is returned in early '50 to Japan but copy stay in USA. So it is more cheap to start search in the NARA or Library of Congress.

But I am sure that somebody will read your topic and direct contact you. language is great problem so in this way I wish you luck in finding best place and contact for you. From my side I would like to direct you on one place very frequently visited by Japanese researchers:

http://www.plays.jp/bbs/zero22/index.html

Also I hope that you will get in contact with David Aiken, gentlemen from USA with great experience and amazing knowledge in the subject. he has help me much in my search for details about Japanese airplanes so I am sure that he could be helpful for you too.

Cheers

[philippe1]

thanks to both of you,
how can i get in contact with David,
kind reg,
phil

[Pilot]

I have his contact but have no his permission to share it. So please send me your email and I will gladly forward it to David Aiken and hope he will reply to you. Also I will forward your email to Nick Millman, Katsuki Owaki and Ken Glass in order to give you more contact.

Cheers