tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post4312641565270816331..comments2024-03-12T17:36:36.945+09:00Comments on WildEagles: "Toraware no Nihonki" #1Arawasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09356734843656289711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post-39364332045345645182019-02-07T22:46:41.535+09:002019-02-07T22:46:41.535+09:00Thank you for the reference to the images Harold.
...Thank you for the reference to the images Harold.<br />Looking at another photo, listed below, I believe that I can provide a little more information.<br />https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/0300921.jpg<br /><br />In photo 0300903.jpg there appear to be four aircraft on the flight deck of USS Bogue.<br />The rear aircraft (I'll call it No.4) is a G8N1.<br />The front aircraft (No.1) is the Ki-77.<br />The second to rear aircraft (No.3) is, as you mention, a Ki-74.<br />Looking at photo, 0300921, the tail fin is visible for aircraft No.2.<br />Unfortunately, it is not a Ki-109, but another Ki-74..I believe.<br /><br />In the book Broken Wings of the Samurai, page 111, mentions that 2 Ki-74's were prepared for transport to the USA from the Yokota Test Bureau at the Fussa Air Base. In the same book, page 130, one can be seen being lowered on the quayside at "Newark, New Jersey".<br /><br />Hope this helps...<br />Richard<br />HantsBirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482512916995096476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post-91099391109078892502019-02-04T14:25:45.940+09:002019-02-04T14:25:45.940+09:00Little by little Harold. Little by little.
Thanks....Little by little Harold. Little by little.<br />Thanks.Arawasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356734843656289711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post-9507939231776094022019-02-04T10:13:20.823+09:002019-02-04T10:13:20.823+09:00navsource.org has these photos of USS Bogue transp...navsource.org has these photos of USS Bogue transporting captured a/c from Japan to the USA.<br />Here is a Ki-77; note also IJN Nagato anchored nearby:<br />http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/0300921a.jpg<br />Other photos show a G8N1 and a Ki-74. Then there is this one:<br />http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/0300903.jpg <br />Could the a/c obscured by the island be this Ki-109?Harold Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post-73747523256718669332019-02-03T03:02:04.355+09:002019-02-03T03:02:04.355+09:00Absolute beauty, it is a joy to go to your blog!Absolute beauty, it is a joy to go to your blog!Honza78https://www.blogger.com/profile/10516436360008459878noreply@blogger.com