A short clip today from the NHK Collection, dated May 1944, featuring Kawanishi H8K "Emily" and Kawanishi H6K "Mavis" fl...

Thought I had posted this many years ago, but Tommy Vicard from France reminded us we haven't so...here you go. The narrator in this Oct...

Another loss this year. Former IJNAF Ace Kasai Tomokazu passed away last weekend at the age of 94.  Here's what Hata & Izawa say: B...

  1:72 Nakajima J9N1 “ Kitsuka ” (橘花, a.k.a. “ Kikka ”), aircraft “FE 269”, operated by the Royal Air Force, Allied Technical Air Intelligen...

In a couple recent posts we encountered the Type 99 Number 3 Mk3 30kg aerial bomb. Here's a short clip, from here , presenting that 30kg...

 Peter Starkings is no longer with us. Our good old friend passed away yesterday at the age of 95. Peter will be missed a lot. This year did...

A very short clip today, from this documentary, featuring a number of Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boats as well as some other ty...

  2021 , is, normally, the year of the cow but for this blog it's the year of the AMABIE   Amabie , is a legendary Japanese mermaid with...

The 381 Kokutai was organized on October 1, 1943, as a fighter-bomber unit. On April 1, 1944, carrier aircraft types and night fighters wer...