Aircraft Unit Identification

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Ki-49s of Hamamatsu Flight Training Division

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Actually I have a question! Why do some aircraft of Hamamatsu Flight Training Division have stripes and others have a number?

Anyway here is a Ki-67 of the 1st Chutai, 74th Bomber Sentai. Based at Obihoro, May 1945. The first Chutai hat the numbers 100-199.
same source

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Actually I have a question! Why do some aircraft of Hamamatsu Flight Training Division have stripes and others have a number?

Actually I have answered my own question. Hamamatsu Flight Training Division aircraft were assigned numbers from 1944 onwards, before that they used stripes.

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74th bomber Sentai again

All aircraft from the 1st Chutai
same source

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Ki-51s from the 44th Bomber Sentai, 1st Chutai. Probably China 1943.

same source

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Ki-61s of Akeno Flight School.
same source

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Ki-61s of Akeno Flight School.
same source

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7th Bomber Sentai Ki-67s.

From Spring 1944 to the end of the war the 7th Sentai had a code of 7- and..
numbers 01-30 =1st Chutai
numbers 40-60 =2nd Chutai
numbers 70-90 =3rd Chutai

1. 7-60 so its from the 2nd Chutai
2. same aircraft
3. tail code 7-77 so its from the 3rd Chutai, also note the small yellow stripe on the tail. Taiwan, 19th of Novmber 1944.

again from http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/

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Ki-67s again from the 7th Bomber sentai, same source.

1. Some aircraft of the 7th Bomber Sentai formed the Fugaku Tai To-Go, a special attack group. This special ki-67 (Ki-167 "Sakura-dan") is equipped with a thermite bomb of 2,900 kg (6,400 lb). This aircraft was one of only two made. So not all aircraft of Fugaku special attack group used the Ki-167.

2. This aircraft was subject to a colour plate which says this aircraft was of the the first Chutai which had a red colour tail tip. But now it has been transferred to the 2nd Chutai hence the blue stripe below and the numbers 7-56. This aircraft was based at Katori, Chiba Prefecture, January 1945.

3. First Chutai

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Apparently the 951st Kokutai again as on page 2.

This photo is from a forum I can't remember, the picture is originally taken by an American photographer (navy I think).

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I'd would like to know the ID of this unit, which apparently has retained Ki-27s till the end of the war.
Again from the forum I can't remember

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If the photo was taken in 1945 I would guess a training unit.

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Yes taken in Japan, 1945. Alright so any specific training unit?

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Taken aboard the Akitsu Maru can anyone read the tail?
from http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82% ... 4%E4%B8%B8

[Peter H]

From: http://forum.book.sina.com.cn/

Ki-61s of...?