Ki-84 Hayate c/n 1446

[DaveM2]

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Can anyone confirm that this, the last known surviving example, was test flown at Eagle Farm in Australia prior to be loaded aboard the USS Long Island (CVE-1) and shipped to the United States? Or was it shipped direct from the Philippines to the US?

The Australian War Memorial has a number of air to air images of it marked a S17, but the location isn't stated. But I have seen reference to these been taken over Luzon.

Also, from what I have read, ATAIU-SWPA at Eagle Farm was ordered back to the US in June 1944, long before the aircraft was captured.

TIA
Dave