Aircraft Unit Identification

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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 16 Apr 2011, 00:57

These Spad XIII-1s seem to have a red stripe around the fuselage. "Enemy"? perhaps.
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 16 Apr 2011, 01:08

Here is what resembled to me the 45th Sentai's lightning flash, in close-up and pencilled-over in outline:
The 45th Bomber Sentai never had Ki-43s, also it never had a lighting bolt for a symbol. Earlier on in this thread I posted aircraft that were of the 45th Sentai.
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I have yet to find a unit with a lighting bolt that is similar to this aircraft.... It seems to be in yellow though. :P


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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 18:42

E13As from the 452nd Kagun Kokutai.

Originally this unit was named the 5th Kagun Kokutai but on the 1st of November 1942 it was renamed 452nd.
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 18:52

This E14Y with the code 671-11 is from the 671 Kagun kokutai assigned to the 6th Kantai and I assume that the 11 on the fuselage means its from the submarine I-11. (probably wrong on that one but it's a guess.)
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 18:55

1. E14Y of I-8.
2. E14Y of I-15 possibly.
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 19:08

E13A with the code "X-7" belongs to the Kamikawa Maru. The light cruiser Yura also had a "X" code but it was never equipped with E13As.
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 19:11

F1Ms with the tail code "ZII-xx" belong to the Sanyo Maru. On another note E13As with a "ZII-x" belonged to the Hokoku Maru.
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 19:16

H6K4 of the Yokohama Kaigun Kokutai. The Yokohama Kaigun Kokutai carried the code "Yo-Ha" in Katakana from the 1st of October 1936, to November 1940. Afterwards it carried a "Y".
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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 19:22

A rare B5M of the 33rd Kaigun Kokutai.
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 23:47

Some A6M aircraft.
1. 204th Kaigun Kokutai
2. 281st Kaigun Kokutai
3. Yokosuka Kaigun Kokutai
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 17 Apr 2011, 23:53

1. 281st Kaigun Kokutai
2. A A6M3 M22 koo based at Kagoshima, June 1943. Again from the 261st
3. 261st Kaigun Kokutai 1945
Before February 1944 the 261st carried the code Tora-xxx after it carried the code 61-xxx

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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 18 Apr 2011, 00:13

1. "F-320" belongs to the 4th Kaigun Kokutai.
from http://wn.com/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service

2. "R-360" belongs to the Kisarazu Kaigun Kokutai. The 2 stripes mean it belongs to the 3rd Chutai, (weird I know). The single stripe around the fuselage means it also belongs to the 1st Rengo Kokutai. (I don't know what it means).

3. All these aircraft are from the Misawa Kaigun Kokutai. The 3rd Chutai carried a vertical stripe whiel the 2nd Chutai below has a horizontal stripe around the middle of the tail.
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 18 Apr 2011, 00:17

"K-XXX" codes belonged to the Kanoya Kaigun Kokutai.


K-357 and K-324 both belong to the 2nd Chutai because of the single whit stripe on the tail. No stripe would mean an aircraft of the 1st Chutai, and two stripes; the 3rd.
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 18 Apr 2011, 00:24

This K11W2 "Shiragiku" belongs to the Tokushima Kaigun Kokutai. It had recieved 192 of these aircraft on the 1st of March 1945. Before that it operated A6M2-Ks and B5Ns.
from http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyushu_K11W_Shiragiku
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Re: Aircraft Unit Identification

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 18 Apr 2011, 00:30

A6M2-Ks and regular A6Ms of the Genzan Kaigun Kokutai, which is a detachment of the Omura Kaigun Kokutai that was stationed at Genzan naval base. The tail code was in a orange-yellow.
from http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/
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