Hi Craig,
Very interesting. Off the top of my head a Surrender 'Sally' was preserved by the Australian War Memorial, before being scrapped in an ill-guided rationalisation in 1956.
The history of that aircraft is reasonably well documented. See:
http://www.awm.gov.au/
From the records thrown up by the search on 'surrender' and 'sally';
Quote:
ID Number: P01933.002
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Morotai, 1945-09-09. A Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21, Army Type 97 heavy bomber, allied code name "Sally", leading a Nakajima Ki-49, Army Type 100 heavy bomber, allied code name "Helen", off the Pitoe airstrip. Both aircraft are carrying some of the staff of the commander of the Second Japanese Army Lieutenant General Fusataro Teshima. As the Japanese were short of serviceable aircraft General Teshima arrived from Pinrang in an RAAF C47 that same day to surrender the Japanese Second Army to General Sir Thomas Blamey. The aircraft have been painted white and carry green crosses, denoting that they carry surrender emissaries. (Donor C. Freeman)
Quote:
ID Number: P03033.005
Maker: Unknown
Place made: Borneo: Brunei Bay Area, Labuan
Date made: 1945; c 20 October 1945
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Two Japanese aircraft at Labuan Airstrip. The Mitsubishi Ki.21 heavy bomber aircraft (Allied code name 'Sally') (left) has been painted white with a green surrender cross, and was used to transport Japanese prisoners for trial between Borneo and Labuan. This aircraft was probably the Sally which was flown to Australia in February 1946, having been nicknamed Tokyo Rose.The Tachikawa Ki.54 transport aircraft (Allied code name 'Hickory') (right) has also been painted white and its hinomoru marking has been transformed with a white surrender cross. The Hickory was used to fly Lieutenant General Masao Baba, Commander of the Japanese 37th Army and Supreme Commander of the Japanese Forces in Borneo to surrender at Labuan.
Quote:
ID Number: OG3742
Maker: Harrison, John T
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1946-02-01. READY TO TAKE OFF FROM LABUAN AIRSTRIP, ON THE FIRST STAGE OF ITS FLIGHT TO LAVERTON, MELBOURNE, VIC, THIS JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, ALLIED CODE NAME SALLY, WILL PROBABLY END ITS CAREER IN THE COLLECTION OF NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM HOUSED IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. AS WELL AS BEING USED IN FIVE RAIDS ON DARWIN, IT CARRIED GENERAL ICHI TO MOROTAI WHEN HE FORMALLY SURRENDERED ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE CELEBES. VOLUNTEER CREW OF THE SURRENDER PLANE, FROM LEFT, ARE 406127 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MAL BAKER, HARRISMITH, WA, CAPTAIN; FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (DAI) WALTHURST DFC, SWANSEA, WALES, NAVIGATOR; 3976 WARRANT OFFICER FRED PITTS, HARTWELL, VIC; 5308 FLIGHT SERGEANT DERRICK HOSKING, RICHMOND, VIC; 77420 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) NORM HILL, UBOBO, QLD; 72214 LAC ARTHUR BARR, TAMWORTH, NSW.
You can see low res versions of the photos at the AWM database.
HTH
Login
Register
FAQ
Search
