The first "jubakutai" (heavy bomber unit) to take part in the attack against the US forces in the Philippines during the opening days of the Pacific War was the 14th Sentai. It actually flew the very first mission on December 8, 1941, when 18 "Sallys" took off from their base in Chyayi, Taiwan and, at 08:00, released their bombs over their target, Camp John Hay at Baguio in the north of Luzon Island. In early May 1942, the unit returned to Japan to swap their old Model 1 "Sallys" for new Model 2s.
Consequently, for the assault on the fortified areas of Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island, two new "jubakutai," the 60th and 62nd Sentai, moved to Clark Field and initiated operations with heavy ordnance.
The very first mission took place on March 24, when 26 "Sallys" from the 60th Sentai and 19 from the 62nd Sentai, together with 18 IJNAF bombers from the Takao Kokutai, bombed Corregidor.
The two units kept flying missions, the 62nd Sentai until April 9 and the 60th Sentai until May 4, two days before Corregidor fell.
The attached video features 60 Sentai Mitsubishi Ki-21 "Sallys" and their crews based in Clark Field, receiving final instructions for a mission prior to April 3, 1942.
Note the truck in the background, maybe a Dodge WC?
Note also the very interesting top camouflage with green and brown blotches. Unfortunately for us modelers, all the bombers seen in the video are Model 2s, so we'll have to wait until ICM finds time, amidst the dreadful war they continue enduring, to release this version too.
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