A photo of A6M2 taking off from carrier Zuikaku

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A photo of A6M2 taking off from carrier Zuikaku

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 23 Apr 2017, 12:05

Hi,
At a Finnish military journal there was this photo (I believe from this source too), mentioning the photo was taken during the Pearl Harbor attack:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Carrier_Division

Is the photo of EII-111 from 1941, or from 1942, as it is mentioned for example here:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~un3k-mn/ren-zuikaku.htm
http://japanese-aviation.forumeiros.com ... to-23-1942
http://bowshrine.com/new-guinea-during-world-war-ii/

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 01 May 2017, 13:49

The source of Wikipedia seems to be at page 70 from this book:
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https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%97%A5%E6%9 ... 4478950563
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Car ... u_zero.jpg

Can anyone confirm/deny it?
...and/or give any additional information about the case?

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Post by Takao » 02 May 2017, 15:25

Confirmed.

Date given is 17/1/20...January 20, 1942.

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 02 May 2017, 15:32

Juha Tompuri wrote:The source of Wikipedia seems to be at page 70 from this book:
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Can anyone confirm/deny it?
Yes, that's true.

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 02 May 2017, 19:55

Thank you very much.
So, have I understood correctly that the photo is from the Rabaul raid era?

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Post by Takao » 02 May 2017, 23:56

Yes, that would be correct.

The same photo is in the AJ Press Monografie Morskie #3 Shokaku/Zuikaku pg.9 - But, they have the date as January 21, 1942.

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 03 May 2017, 06:33

Thanks again, Takao.
Takao wrote:Yes, that would be correct.

The same photo is in the AJ Press Monografie Morskie #3 Shokaku/Zuikaku pg.9 - But, they have the date as January 21, 1942.
That would then be the time of operation against Lae?
So, seems that quite safe bet would be to name that photo to have been taken during Rabaul-Lae operation(s)?

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Post by Takao » 04 May 2017, 00:51

Yes, I am certain that is quite a safe bet.

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Post by Rob Stuart » 04 May 2017, 10:18

The photo is also in Samouraï sur Porte-Avions, which says that it was taken on 22 January and that the Zero was taking off for an attack against Rabaul. The source is given as Yoshikazu Sato.

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 04 May 2017, 18:34

Thank you.
I other words, am I correct that seemingly nothing except wikipedia/wikipedia based sources backs up the Pearl Harbor attack theory?

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Post by Takao » 04 May 2017, 23:12

AFAIK, I have seen the photo used many times, IIRC, one or two may have attributed it to the Pearl Harbor attack, bit I cannot remember which one or two. But, I would agree that the sources on the internet that attribute it to Pearl Harbor will be Wikipedia-based.

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 05 May 2017, 23:30

Thank you Takao.
Juha Tompuri wrote: At a Finnish military journal there was this photo (I believe from this source too), mentioning the photo was taken during the Pearl Harbor attack

I think that I will contact the journal and post there a link to this discussion

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