Looking for book on Captured Allied A/C with Japanese

[Sydhuey]

I found a book on Google about captured allied A/C with the Japanese , the sample pages showed more photo's of captured A/C than I have ever seen , the Boston captured in Java for example had photos of the A/C in Java , Singapore and even photos of the fuselage found in Japan after the war and even a photo of the I.D. plate to show it was AL 904 part of a british order ( and the machine the Japanese capture in Java) ,also had lots of good stuff on other allied a/c and the story of were they came from but I can't find this book again no mater how many differant thing I try on Google , does anyone have any idea were I can get this book please!!!!

[buffnut453]

Go to ARAWASI toppage, select the "Books" page and scroll down to look for a book entitled "NIHONGUN HOKAKUKI HIROKU" which, although in Japanese, will have the photos you're looking for.

[Sydhuey]

Thanks buffnut453,
the book I found was in english that is what suprised me , and why i'm pissed off I can't find it again, i'd say you would be interestd in it as well if we can find it! as it apears you like 453 sqn RAAF Buffalos.

[buffnut453]

Absolutely would be interested but I've never heard of an English language book on Allied aircraft captured by the Japanese.

[fubar57]

I entered "NIHONGUN HOKAKUKI HIROKU" into Google images and found that Rising Decals make decals for captured aircraft. The first image that popped up on my image search shows a destroyed F6F-5(?) with Japanese markings. Click on the image and you open up a site that shows many aircraft including two DB7-Cs with Japanese marking. Not the book but hope this helps a little.

Geo

[Rogi]

Sadly Rising Decals doesn't produce that decal set anymore, I was trying to find the decals for the p-51b in Japanese markings but alas, no luck.

In Regards to Rising Decals the Czech main site offers a better description of the planes. Does anyone know if a registered retailer in North America carrys this book NIHONGUN HOKAKUKI HIROKU even in a english translation?

[buffnut453]

The book is only available from Arawasi.com and there is no English language version (sadly, 'cos it's a gem of a book). You can order with complete confidence from Arawasi.

[Capt. Vick]

The book is only available from Arawasi.com and there is no English language version (sadly, 'cos it's a gem of a book). You can order with complete confidence from Arawasi.

I have this book also and got it from Arawasi. George and the rest of the guys there can definately be trusted. Just be patient with shipping... Oh and by the way, if there is an English Translation I would love to know it!

[Rogi]

Its not that I don't trust them, its more that I have a couple $50 gift cards from most of the reguler book retailers in north america and I can never decide what to spend the gift cards on

[buffnut453]

Give them to me - I'll find a great use for them!

[Shinpachi]

"NIHONGUN HOKAKUKI HIROKU (Secret Records of Captured Allied Aircrafts by Japanese Forces) was originally published by Kojinsha in 2002. Authors were Kazuhiko Oshio and Shigeru Nohara. Please let me introduce some pages from the book.

*Correction with apology: Not Kazuhiko Oshio but Kazuhiko Osuo

Captured Allied Aircrafts in the Philippines (mainly at Clark Field) 1942
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[Shinpachi]

Captured Allied Aircrafts in Malay and Singapore 1942

Brewster Buffalo at Sungai Petani airfield(left) in Malay dated March 6, 1942
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Brewster Buffalo at Sembawang airfield(right) and Kallang airfield(left) in Singapore
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Bristol Blenheim at Sungai Petani airfield in Malay(right-upper) and at Seletar airfield in Singapore(right-below). Vickers biplane at Seletar(left).
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Lockheed Hudson at Seletar airfield, Singapore
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[Shinpachi]

Captured B-17E under maintenance at Bandon airfield, Java 1942

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Crashlanded B-25 in Guangdong, China on October 25, 1942

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[Rogi]

Amazing book, my next pay day im ordering this one for sure, pure awesome

[buffnut453]

Shinpachi,

Thanks for posting those pics. I have a copy of the book and it really is excellent. Did the text you added come from the captions in the book? I'm specifically interested in the following:

1. The pics showing Buffalo WP-W were supposedly taken at Kallang but I believe this airframe was captured in northern Malaya, probably at Kota Bharu, in early December 1941.

2. The Vickers Vildebeest pic was supposedly taken at Seletar but I suspect it was taken in the Dutch East Indies.

3. The lower image of the Hudsons at Seletar was, I believe, taken at Sembawang - it's the other end of the line of wrecks shown on the page opposite the pics of Buffalo WP-W.

Any further insights into the captions in that marvellous book would be very welcome.

Thank you so much for sharing.

Kind regards,
B-N

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