Japanese Airborne Operations in World War II.
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Re: Japanese Airborne Operations in World War II.
These units were collated into the 1st Raiding Group under MGEN (later LTGEN) Tsukada Rikichi on 21 November 1944.
FWIW,
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Tsukada Rikichi
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Promoted 2nd Lieutenant - 1916
Promoted Lieutenant - date unknown
Promoted Captain - date unknown
Promoted Major - date unknown
Promoted Lieutenant Colonel - date unknown
Promoted Colonel - date unknown
Chief-of-Staff, 1st Air Division - 1 December 1939 - 15 April 1942
Promoted Major General - 1942
Chief-of-Staff, 3rd Air Army - 14 February 1944 - 8 August 1944
Commanding Officer, 1st Raiding Group - 21 November 1944 - 30 September 1945
Promoted Lieutenant General - March 1945
FWIW,
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Tsukada Rikichi
Army Academy Class unknown (class ranking unknown)
Promoted 2nd Lieutenant - 1916
Promoted Lieutenant - date unknown
Promoted Captain - date unknown
Promoted Major - date unknown
Promoted Lieutenant Colonel - date unknown
Promoted Colonel - date unknown
Chief-of-Staff, 1st Air Division - 1 December 1939 - 15 April 1942
Promoted Major General - 1942
Chief-of-Staff, 3rd Air Army - 14 February 1944 - 8 August 1944
Commanding Officer, 1st Raiding Group - 21 November 1944 - 30 September 1945
Promoted Lieutenant General - March 1945
MSG, MS State Guard (Ret.) - First Always!
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Re: Japanese Airborne Operations in World War II.
Has anyone seen a wartime photo showing the Type 2 paratrooper rifle? I've never seen a photo of Japanese paratroopers with this rifle. I don't doubt that they were used, but in the few photos I've seen with any rifles, they are either too far away or using regular rifles.
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Re: Japanese Airborne Operations in World War II.
OK Guys, anyone know how this worked.Peter H wrote:Tower
I can see a metal outline for a parachute canopy suspended on wires, did this hold an open parachute and both soldier and chute were pulled up and then dropped?, or something else?
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Re: Japanese Airborne Operations in World War II.
You can watch one in action here:Fatboy Coxy wrote:OK Guys, anyone know how this worked.Peter H wrote:Tower
I can see a metal outline for a parachute canopy suspended on wires, did this hold an open parachute and both soldier and chute were pulled up and then dropped?, or something else?
Steve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... EJnZP0PNPM
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Thank you Orwell1984, how dumb am I for not knowing this. Any idea who first came up with these jump towers.
Steve
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Re: Japanese Airborne Operations in World War II.
Jumping from captive balloons, as a carnival stunt, dated back to the 1880s. It's not a huge conceptual jump from there to jumping from a large tower, bu the earliest mention I can find is to jump towers built by Safe Parachute Company in New Jersey well before war broke out in 1939. These were taken over by the U.S. Army for its jump training.
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Hello to all ; more............................
March of the paratroopers - Sora no Shinpei.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... tq9yZ0keYg
Cheers. Raúl M .
March of the paratroopers - Sora no Shinpei.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... tq9yZ0keYg
Cheers. Raúl M .
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Re: Japanese Airborne Operations in World War II.
Thank Tigre
An enjoyable video.
A little detail I noted was at 9.07 the four man heavy machine gun crew swapped the load they carried off of one shoulder onto the other, nicely in step, must have been practiced loads of times. I wonder if they had a regulation as how long it was carried on one shoulder, or whether someone said can we change and they count down in steps, one, two, three, change?
Regards
Fatboy Coxy
An enjoyable video.
A little detail I noted was at 9.07 the four man heavy machine gun crew swapped the load they carried off of one shoulder onto the other, nicely in step, must have been practiced loads of times. I wonder if they had a regulation as how long it was carried on one shoulder, or whether someone said can we change and they count down in steps, one, two, three, change?
Regards
Fatboy Coxy
Re: Japanese Airborne Operations in World War II.
I think this time it was done for the show....but sure the crew had own (internal) coordination to change during the march. Cheers. Raúl M .