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Friday, 28 March 2025
Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa" (Oscar), 48 Sentai - 一式戦闘機「隼」, 飛行48戦隊 pt.3 - READ
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The last major air battle of WWII in China was fought on January 14, 1945, over Hankou . It was divided into five stages: the first stage, i...
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Thursday, 27 March 2025
Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa" (Oscar), 48 Sentai - 一式戦闘機「隼」, 飛行48戦隊 pt.2 - video
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The attached short clip from the Showakan collection (originally from NARA), features General Albert Coady Wedemeyer arriving at an airfi...
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa" (Oscar), 48 Sentai - 一式戦闘機「隼」, 飛行48戦隊 pt.1
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The 48th Sentai (Squadron) was formed on July 21, 1943, at Yanji in eastern Manchuria (present day Northeast China) with personnel drawn f...
Sunday, 16 March 2025
Heads Up! - Kokusai "Ta-Go" by Brengun
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Our very good friend Jan Kanov sent over a heads-up and photos on a new release by Brengun in 1/48 : Kokusai "Ta-Go" .
Friday, 14 March 2025
モデラーズフリマ2025年3月15日(土)
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モデラズフリマに出店します。 お待ちしておりまーす。 錦糸町マルイのビル8階 すみだ産業会館 11時~16時30分 https://www.modelers-ff.jp/index2.html
Monday, 10 March 2025
Aichi E13A "Jake", 愛知 E13A 零式水上偵察機 零式三座水上偵察機 - video
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A beautiful video featuring an Aichi E13A "Jake" getting catapulted from an IJN ship. Unfrotunately the video is not dated and I c...
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Answer
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Charles Gillman and others (thank you all for commenting on our FB page) correctly identified the aircraft type as Aichi Type 99 D3A1 "...
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Monday, 3 March 2025
Quiz
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Can you identify the Japanese aircraft type this cockpit belongs to? (photo from NARA courtesy of P. Fresnel) どんな日本機のコックピットかわかりますか?
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Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Fujimi A5M2a "Kansen" by Fabio Balzano
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Here are photos of my latest Japanese plane: Mitsubishi A5M2a " Kansen " IJNAF, 13th Kokutai PO 1st Class Mori Mitsugo China, Nanj...
Saturday, 22 February 2025
Kawanishi E7K2 "Alf", Nakajima E8N "Dave", Heavy Cruiser "Nachi" 九四式水上偵察機, 重巡洋艦 那智 - video
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An amazing but undated video today, spotted in NARA by our friend Patrice Fresnel, featuring the seaplanes operated, under heavy seas, by th...
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