Photos Japanese Aircraft

[musec04]

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo captioned by the seller as Tokogawa No.3 Farman at:


https://www.ebay.it/itm/Scarce-Origi...cAAOSwP1de551~


Consulting my copy of Mikesh and Abe's Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941 P.47 - P.48 I believe the aircraft on the ledt may be the Kaishiki No.3 while the aircraft on the right is perhaps a Army Type Mo.


Also available is a photo of a Japanese Nieuport 6M operated by Japan at:


https://www.ebay.it/itm/Scarce-Origi...sAAOSwF5Ne55uA




Regards,


Clint

[musec04]

Hello,


Also tonight on ebay are some japanese phone cards with photos of Japanese aircraft:


What appears to be anArmy Type Mo-6 Aeroplane, A Caudron G.4 and a Spad 13, the latter two definitely being post war at:


https://www.ebay.it/itm/X3-AEROPLANE...oAAOSwnlRe587r


Regards,


Clint

[Stig Jarlevik]

Clint

The Japanese Army never used any early Nieuport monoplanes.
Cannot say for certain with regard to the Navy, but I cannot locate any.

The Farman-Mo 6 has been published before but it is interesting to see the digits 40 on the fin. Japan built huge numbers of Farman copies. I wonder if Maurice and Henry ever saw a single yen.....

Cheers
Stig

[musec04]

Hi Stig,


According to Davila and Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War P.351 Japan operated a single Nieuport quote 'probably a type 6M' It was sent 'to Tsingtao as part of the Provisional Air Corps Unit and flew reconnaiisance missions'.


Regards,


Clint

[Stig Jarlevik]

Indeed Clint

But that is refuted by Bernard Baeza in his Les Avions de l'Armée Imperial Japonaise 1910-1945.

Not a single line or photo of any Nieuport monoplane in that book....

Cheers
Stig

[musec04]

Ok Stig,


Well the info in Davila and Soltan did seem, relatively speaking, quite comprehensive. That is the aircraft was stated to have undertaken specific activities, and while its not possible to deduce that the aircraft is Japanese from the front of the postcard, the text on the rear may be (ok I couldn't tell you if its japanese or another language with a pictographic alphabet) Japanese.If Baeza explicitly states that no Nieuport was operated by Japan however, that does sound fairly definite. If its just not included, a bit less so.



Regards,


Clint