3 Warhawks and a Flying Fortress in the IJAF (captured)
Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:32 am
Came across this on Photobucket. Anyone have more info? Is that a Tojo on the end?
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:05 pm
Shay,
It almost looks like a Raiden, but the cowl doesn't look right.
It almost looks like a Raiden, but the cowl doesn't look right.
Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:09 pm
Clark field I am guessing. I see a capture FEAF Buffalo as well!
Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:17 pm
Nathan wrote:Clark field I am guessing. I see a capture FEAF Buffalo as well!
That is a Buffalo isn't it? I forgot one of those was captured.
Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:56 pm
Can anyone ID the model/s of P-40s in the picture? And were these model/s present at Clark Field prior to it's fall to the Japanese in early Jan. 1942?
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:13 pm
MattP38 wrote:That is a Buffalo isn't it? I forgot one of those was captured.
Looks like a Buff to me....At least 9 were captured and evaluated at Tachikawa.
Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:14 pm
They look like P-40E's
Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:25 pm
That B-17 or another survived at Tachikawa nearly to the end of the war. It was photographed by a recon aircraft and the photo interpreters identified the aircraft as the Tachikawa 103. They used the manufacturer's name and the aircraft's estimated wingspan to give each newly identified aircraft a temporary ID until more was known.
Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:35 am
i'd say it's a buffalo. note the landing gear panel attached to the strut. the raiden / jack didn't become operational till late 1943.
Captured
Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:07 am
Nathan wrote:Clark field I am guessing. I see a capture FEAF Buffalo as well!
It's not Clark. Almost certainly an airfield somewhere in Japan. That is a Buffalo at the end of the line. A number where captured in Singapore and Java. The B-17D(40-3095 Colin Kelly's original assigned a/c) was captured and rebuilt at Clark and flown to Japan with a B-17E from Java.
2 P-40Es were captured in Mindinao, flown to Nichols and then shipped to Japan as several P-40s from Java. The P-40s were initally used in evaluations and later repainted in U.S. markings of sorts and used in propaganda films.
Duane
Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:52 am
tom d. friedman wrote:i'd say it's a buffalo. jack didn't become operational till late 1943.
Yep Tom, and the prominent radio mast is practically jumping up and down screaming, "pick me, pick me!"...
