Wednesday 17 April 2024

Hokoku Aichi D1A "Susie" & more - video

The hokoku ceremony featured in the short clip took place also in Haneda Airport but on October 30, 1937. A total of nine aircraft were "named":
three Yokosuka B4Y "Jean" that received hokoku numbers #123 and #124 that were donated by the ship owners of the Taiheiyo (Pacific Ocean) Fishery Co., Ltd. as well as #130 that was donated by the Tokyo City Educational Corps, 
three Mitsubishi A5M "Claude" that received hokoku numbers #128 donated by linen manufacturer Teikoku Seima Co., Ltd. a company that was founded in the Meiji era and still exists today, #141 and #143 were donated by Tokyo City Murakami Kiyoji Shoten, a pig iron wholesaler, 
and finally three Aichi D1A "Susie" that received hokoku numbers #131 donated by Greater Ginza Neighborhood Association, #133 donated by volunteers from all over Japan and finally #134 that was also donated by the Tokyo City Educational Corps.

Note at the closing of the clip the Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" making a flyover the Mitsubishi "Kamikaze-go".

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