Photo of KashimuraOn 9 December[1937] POC3/c Kashimura fought Curtiss Hawks over Nanchang,destroying one and then colliding with another aircraft...tearing off a third of his left wing.Through superb piloting,the calm aviator brought his crippled Claude back to base,and after four landing attempts,the aircraft somersaulted on touching the ground on its fourth approach and lost its tail in the subsequent crash.Astoundingly,the pilot walked away from the wreckage unharmed.Local news reporters quickly sent the story back to Japan,where Kashimura gained instant fame....'the pilot who returned on one wing..'
"The Pilot Who Returned On One Wing"
"The Pilot Who Returned On One Wing"
POC3/c Kashimura Kanichi from Imperial Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45 ,Henry Sakaida,page 10:
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Kashimura's Type 96..was photographed from the ground as he made several landing attempts at an airfield in Shanghai..
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In March 1943 WO Kashimura,on service in New Guinea,failed to return from an escort mission to the Russell Islands.News reports of his heroic struggle to make it back to base quickly spread throughout Japan,and his example of tenacity and fighting spirit was later used to inspire a new generation of naval fighter pilots..
A tough little Mitsubishi A5M on display in Japan like the one Kashimura flew in 1937
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Altough he still has a large proportion of it's wing left it's still quite a feat
but compared to that famous Israeli F-15...It collided in air with an A-4 Skyhawk and made a safe landing!
Wonder if there are more stories (and pictures) like this (only WWII related)?
but compared to that famous Israeli F-15...It collided in air with an A-4 Skyhawk and made a safe landing!
Wonder if there are more stories (and pictures) like this (only WWII related)?
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Here's another Japanese pilot who got home with a damaged wing in 1942.Don't know the story behind it.
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I think this is Kashimura's plane later on display at Shanghai being inspected by one of the HRHs.
I couldn't imagine too many Claude's with a clipped left wing were around at that time.
I couldn't imagine too many Claude's with a clipped left wing were around at that time.
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More press photos
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Historys of the US 8th Air force or of the B17 pften have storys and photos of B17 bombers flying around with large parts missing. The US P47 had a reputation as well. Probablly some others.Ome_Joop wrote:
Wonder if there are more stories (and pictures) like this (only WWII related)?
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According to this thread-Pilot KAshimura shot down Soviet airman http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/i ... -9793.html
Profile of Kashimura aircraft related thread at http://www.michael-reimer.com/CFS2/CFS2 ... arly).html
related link at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuzo_Iwamoto
Profile of Kashimura aircraft related thread at http://www.michael-reimer.com/CFS2/CFS2 ... arly).html
related link at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuzo_Iwamoto
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More photos of Kashimura's plane
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Kashimura walks away from the wreck.
Note the tail sheared off due to the crash landing.This must have been later restored before the aircraft was put on display in Shanghai.
Note the tail sheared off due to the crash landing.This must have been later restored before the aircraft was put on display in Shanghai.
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Its interesting to see these picks, and read the story behind them, It is much more common to hear about allied planes coming home all shot up or damaged, but to hear of and see pictures of Japanese Aircraft returing home damaged helps to paint a more well rounded picture.