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LUFTWAFFE . GERMAN AIR FORCE (WW2)
Focke-Wulf Triebflügeljäger intercepting USAAF Northrop B-35s (hypothetical)
Imperial Japanese Army . 大日本帝国陸軍航空
第一飛行戦隊
On the evening of 26 June 1939 Sgt Maj Mitsuyoshi Tarui and Cpl Shinji Arai on their Ki-27 were bounced by a large force of I-16 fighters, but quickly managed to turn the tables. With the help of Lt Fujio Honma who came to their rescue, they amnaged to shoot down two aircraft each before making their escape unharmed.
"SLICE & DICE"
Imperial Japanese Army Aviation . 大日本帝国陸軍航空本部
A pair of Manshu Ki-98 interceptors slice through the ramjet-equipped P-51 Mustang escort on their way to attack B-35 flying wing bombers, high over Japan in 1946.
Imperial Japanese Army Aviation . 大日本帝国陸軍航空本部
大日本帝国陸軍航空本部 飛行第244戦隊
244th Sentai Hombu, Pilot Capt Teruhiko Kobayashi
Chofu, Japan, March 1945
Imperial Japanese Army Aviation . 大日本帝国陸軍航空本部
大日本帝国陸軍航空本部 飛行第244戦隊
244th Sentai Hombu, Pilot Capt Teruhiko Kobayashi
Chofu, Japan, February 1945
Imperial Japanese Army Aviation . 大日本帝国陸軍航空本部
大日本帝国陸軍航空本部 飛行第244戦隊
244th Sentai Hombu, Pilot Capt Teruhiko Kobayashi
Hamamatsu, Japan, December 1944
IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (AVIATION) . 大日本帝國海軍
A6M2零式艦上戦闘機21型 ZERO
"Waking a Giant". The lead plane of the Kaga escort Zeros on the second wave attack.
Flown by Lt Yasushi Nikaido (二階堂易)
"DADDY'S GIRL"
(USAAF WW2)
Maj. Ray S. Wetmore's Mustang. 359th Fighter Group, 370th Fighter Squadron