Photos Japanese Army Airforce

[musec04]

Thanks Nick,

I hope the Kanji dictionary proves useful in the future. However, I don't think I expressed my question very well. So this is what I'm looking for. An object with four equal sides is called a square,an object with three sides is called a triangle. What I'd like to know is what the object on the aircraft tail is called. That is all.If it has a name.

Regards,

Clint

[Buckeye30]

Sorry Clint, over-complicating as usual. If you mean the 2 triangles, in geometry it's a "complex" or "self-intersecting" quadrilateral (minus the vertical line) colloqually a bow-tie or butterfly.

The 484BG had a red bow-tie as Group ID on their B-24s.


Nick

[musec04]

Hello,

Currently on ebay is a photo of two Kawassaki Army Type 88-I biplanes

https://www.ebay.com/itm/31573177489...Bk9SR8qC1tW6ZA

Regards,


Clint

[Buckeye30]

In 1926 they were to replace Salmson 2A2s as Kawasaki Type 88-I recconaisance and Type 88-II as light bombers; Kawasaki was originally a shipbuilding company and they were known as KDAs ( Kawasaki Dockyard, Army). In 1929 there were 11 Recon. squadrons with 9 x 88s each, the 2 light bomber squadrons having 9 x Mitsubishi 2MB.I Type 87s each.

"Japanese Military Aviation" Eiichiro Sekigawa.

Nick

[musec04]

Hello,

Currently on ebay is a photo of a Tachikawa Ki-9

https://www.ebay.com/itm/39573878859...Bk9SR-yIk53IZA

Regards,

Clint

[musec04]

Hello,

Currently on ebay is a photo of a Nakajima Ki-4

https://www.ebay.com/itm/31581223263...AZD598X3EXVWGT

Regards,

Clint

[musec04]

Hello,

Currently on ebay is a photo of a flightline of 70 Senti Nakajima Ki-44

https://www.ebay.com/itm/14616131378...Bk9SR-K-kLDgZA

Regards,

Clint

[musec04]

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a Tachikawa Ki-74


https://www.ebay.com/itm/36523334692...D4SPDYXYB9EBSJ



Also Currently on ebay is a photo of a Kawasaki Ki-61


https://www.ebay.com/itm/36523335204...Bk9SR-iAmufmZA


These arerepresentative of a number of photos Japanese aircraft taken by a member of the US 8th Combat Cargo Squadron which can be found here


https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_dkr...&_nkw=captured



Regards,


Clint

[Buckeye30]

Clint. The Navy did have some Dinahs, not sure if the 201st. Air Group had any but tail code was 01 or 201; some were collected at Yokota (Fussa) with other types for examination and a few were sent to the US on CVEs including "BARNES". The 8th CC Sqn. was stationed at Yokota in Sept. as part of the 2nd. CCG but some of their photos were apparently taken at Clark Field and Peleliu too so maybe incorrect.


Regards
Nick
Hopefully George will see your post.

[musec04]

Hi Nick,


Thanks for the reply. I believe that if we were looking at a 201 Ku machine,the 201 would be before rather than after the hyphen on the tail marking. I'm definitely not saying that that is automatically the case here,because if I was that certain I would not have asked the question. However,the marking does not match any JNAF Dinah operators that I've previously seen. Do you read the numeral/charecter preceding the hyphen as a 3? The reason I ask is that some 203 Ku machines dropped the 0 before the 3 late in the war. Again, I'm not aware of any known use of the Dinah by 203 Ku,but its a possibility.


Regards,


Clint