At the end of war all Japanese aircraft were banned from flying, as stated in one of the surrender conditions. Exceptions were aircraft that were to transport surrender delegations and these planes were to be painted overall white with green crosses instead of hinomaru.
A few years back the attached photo came on sale on Ebay. It features a number of surrender aircraft with a Mitsubishi Ki-46 Model 3 Koh in the foreground. Location is unspecified. The original unit tail marking is partially visible and it could be of the 17 Dokuritsu Chutai (see FAOW #38, p. 46 bottom photo) but I'm not sure because the unit didn't use numbers on its aircraft tails.
Leave a comment if you know more about the location or you have any suggestions about the unit.
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