 | Foreign Aircraft in Japanese Markings| Aircraft Markings and Camouflage Discuss Foreign Aircraft in Japanese Markings in the Technical forums; JAAF also evaluated about 70 Fiat BR 20s, which they used as a stopgap in 1937, pending the delivery of ... |
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04-23-2008, 12:28 PM
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Country:  | JAAF also evaluated about 70 Fiat BR 20s, which they used as a stopgap in 1937, pending the delivery of the KI-21.
In 1943 the Japanese transferred about 6 B-10s that they had captured in NEI to the RSAF.
Japanese also captured a number of P-40Bs, H-75s CW21s from the Dutch, and one or two Buffaloes in Malaya. Dont know what happened in the Philipinnes.
I have never been able to determine for sure if the Japs captured any Wirraways when they captured Rabaul in early '42
I have read an interesting story but not sure if its true. The first bombing of Hanoi is credited to some off-duty AVG pilots in Rangoon. AVG had a habit of completely flouting every regulation put up by the British authorities. For example, their standard flying gear, apparently, was hawaiian shirts. They also had a legendary capacity for the consumption of alcohol. Anyway, one night after a heavy binge drinking session, apparently they decided that they wanted to bomb Hanoi, of all places. They convinced a sober (I hope) C-47 pilot to fly them there and then proceeded to load every empty whisky and wine bottle, as well as the numerous amounts of Russian and Chinese ordinance (dont ask me how it got to Rangoon, I am just re-telling the story) into the Dakota. They then flew to Hanoi, (maybe), and dropped this load of ordinace onto their intended victims.
I dont know if this is true, but if it is, its a helluva story
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05-27-2008, 11:42 AM
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Country:  | i red once,that a variant of the Zero appeared on european battlefields, used in ground attack/dive bombing role. i was wondering,because imo the Zero wasnt made for that. is it true that Japan sent the germans Zeros,at least 4 evaulation?
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05-27-2008, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Trautloft  i red once,that a variant of the Zero appeared on european battlefields, used in ground attack/dive bombing role. i was wondering,because imo the Zero wasnt made for that. is it true that Japan sent the germans Zeros,at least 4 evaulation? | As far as I know the Japanese never sent any aircraft to the Germans for evaluation.
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05-27-2008, 05:50 PM
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Country:  | Just like me.I went through some books about Zeke but I found nothing on that.
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05-29-2008, 05:01 PM
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Country: | i never heard of any sent jap ac either,thats why i asked.but maybe plans? the german sent quite a few,why should the returning subs bring only rubber,wolfram or other rare strategic materials?most of them been destroyed anyway,before they arrived so we will never know about their cargo.
i will research it maybe i misread.
btw,the Kokusai ki-76 Stella looks pretty similar to the Fieseler Storch isnt it? Kokusai Ki-76 STELLA - liason
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07-03-2008, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Micdrow While diggin around in one of my old cds of pictures that I have collected on the web through time I found these and thought you all would be interested. Dont ask for sources because I have no idea where I got these. LOL | I think the profiles are coming from the magazine "Avions" - Lela Presse, probably old #, the signature under each of them is " MM" for Michel Martraix, an illustrator working for this publication.
Here are some other from same source, le last one, Fairchield is not a captured plane, but on the top of the tail fin the logo looks like the Lufwaffe badge !?  
Does anybody have information or closer view of the tail of this Fairchild ?
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07-03-2008, 12:31 PM
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| I think the Germans were interested in the "Dinah" as a high speed photo recon plane.
I dont know if any were sent to Germany for evaluation.
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07-03-2008, 05:04 PM
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Country: | It seems that japan had only one for experimentation and a russian source said that this one was quickly damaged during tests.
Wikipedia give more detailed informations about the Fairchilds : Fairchild 91 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The second Fairchild available in south east Pacific was the plane of explorator Richard Archbold, and it was destroyed by a storm in New-Guinea in 1937. Richard Archbold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rest the profiled one (1939), I've first supposed that the japanese were helped by Germany to get it, but for Wikipedia it was an official export to Japan.
Could the "badge" has been an old civil company logo, like Pan-Am for example ? I've seen the same on a Sikorsky S-42 tail.
I will try to get a close photographic view, wait and see ...
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