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The Crest of the Akeno Fighter School analysis of the marking of the Akeno school); The Trail of the Shiun at Arakabesang (the secrets of the operational history of one of the most misunderstood Japanese airplanes, the Shiun); A Short Story About Two Floatplanes (some Japanese floatplanes found their way to Holland via Indonesia); Vintage Album : Mitsubishi B5M1 Mabel (photos of the prototype in flight); CG Art : Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Hayate of the 11th Sentai color artwork); War Hero Major Hideshima (story of Maj. Hideshima, one of those totally unknown Japanese pilots who fought during the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, at the mountains of North China, 3 maps); War Prize: The Capture of the First Japanese Zero Fighter | $15.00 |
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UNITS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE (markings and chronologies of the Sentais of the IJAAF by Don Thorpe: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sentai); SECOND WIND IN THE WILLOW'S (Willows operated by the Indonesians); ARMY KAMIKAZE GROUP PHOTO (story behind the group of Kamikaze pilots); JAPANESE AIRCRAFT OVER INNER MONGOLIA (largely unknown Japanese involvement in Inner Mongolia from an aviation point of view); VINTAGE ALBUM: NAKAJIMA D3N1 (a photo of the Nakajima D3N1, the unsuccessful competitor of the Val); CG POSTER Insert; JAPANESE PAYEN (story of the Mitsubishi-Payen Pa. 400); IN THE RECORD BOOKS pt.1 (chronological survey of Japanese record breaking flights); FIGHTERS UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS | $18.00 |
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UNITS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE Pt.2 (markings and chronologies of the Sentais of the IJAAF by Don Thorpe: 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Sentai); NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW (an unusual encounter for Sakai Saburo); HURRICANE SAM: A BLOWN OPPORTUNITY (A7M Reppu: history, development and fate of A7M1 and A7M2); HEINKELS OVER JAPAN (the Heinkel aircraft exported to Japan); VINTAGE ALBUM: LOCKHEED TYPE LO; IN THE RECORD BOOKS pt.2 (chronological survey of Japanese record breaking flights); UNUSUAL ZEROS (4 color profiles of Zeros in not so common camouflage schemes); UNDER CLOSER INSPECTION: TACHIKAWA Ki-36 (Ki-36 Chokyo - includes history, technical details, paint schemes, cockpit illustrations etc); THE FUKUDA HIKARI 6.2 GLIDER; WEWAK, THE EARLY DAYS | $18.00 |
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UNITS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE Pt.3 (markings and chronologies of the Sentais of the IJAAF by Don Thorpe: the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Sentai); PHOTO JOE (Henry Sakaida refutes a story that could make a rather interesting Hollywood movie); THE "OTHER" NANKING AIRFORCE (Air Force of the collaborationist regime in Nanking); SUPER X-PLANES; HEINKELS OVER JAPAN Pt.2 (Heinkel aircraft exported to Japan); VINTAGE ALBUM: Ki-19; FANCY NATES (4 Ki-27 "Nate" colour profiles); PROPAGANDA PROPELLERS (presentation airplanes of the IJAAF); WINGED CENTIPEDES (some of the most extraordinary IJNAF and IJAAF airplane designs that could have seen action); WEWAK - THE EARLY DAYS Pt.2 | $18.00 |
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HURRICANE SAM Pt. 2 (Reppu variants); THE 1919 FRENCH AVIATION MISSION TO JAPAN, Pt. 1; SPECIAL ALBUM: NAKAJIMA E8N "Dave" (IJNAF floatplane photos); SOARING FALCONS (Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa donated by the Burmese government and others with interesting camouflage and markings); JAPANESE CIVIL AIRCRAFT REGISTERS UP TO 1945 (explains the system by which Japanese civilian aircraft received their registrations and markings); ON CLOSER INSPECTION: KAWASAKI Ki-10 "Perry" (historical and technical details, paint schemes, cockpit illustrations etc); FROM LAST EMPEROR TO STRANDED PASSENGER (events leading up to the last emperor of Manchukuo's capture); KITAI BANGO: IJAAF AIRFRAME NUMBER HANDY REFERENCE (updated list of all the known kitai (airframe) numbers with a short description of each type); SHEDDING LIGHT ON JAPAN'S ME 109s (Me 109s evaluated by the IJAAF) | $18.00 |
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PHOTO ALBUM: Mitsubishi F1M Pete (production line photos); Young Japan: Forgotten Symbol of Pioneer Era, Pt. 1 (flight of two Japanese pilots from Tokyo to Rome in 1931); Trophy Avenger (captured Grumman Avenger); Tried and Tested, Pt. 1 (links between Yokosuka Naval Technical Air Arsenal and Mitsubishi); Hansa: Wine-List Sketch Produces Vintage Design (IJNs first monoplane seaplane); From American Acorn to Japanese Oak (IJN intermediate training aircraft); Hurricane Sam, Pt. 4 (Reppu fighter blueprints information); Produced with Precision: The Notable Nozawa X-1 (light aircraft); From Japan to Manchuria-By Air (an Australian journalist's account of a flight from Osaka to Dairen (now Dalian, China) in 1934) | $15.00 |
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SPECIAL FEATURE: Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (Helen) True Colours: Kariki 117 (Japanese colour reference guide); (Re)Born Out of Necessity: Saiun Night Fighter (conversion of three-seat Saiun high-speed reconnaissance aircraft into a two-seat night fighter; Japanese Fortresses, Made in the U.S.A. (flight testing of 3 captured Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses); From Art Deco to Bauhaus (how the Nippon Kokusai TK-3 civil transport morphed into the functional Kokusai Ki-59 military utility); Ro-Go Ko-Gata: Japan's Short Cut to Mass Production (how British RNAS Short 184 seaplane became the basis for the first operational naval aircraft to be mass produced in Japan); Wishing Upon a Star (IJAAF unit insignia); MURAYAMA'S SPRUES & NEWS (Japanese-related kit and after-market releases); ON LOCATION (Aichi D3A2 Val dive bomber at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas) | $15.00 |
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ON CLOSER INSPECTION: Yokosuka K5Y1 (Willow) Yokosuka K5Y1 (Willow) (col profiles, 1/48 scale drawings); The Riddle of the Guns, Part 1 (IJAAF Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu fighter armament configurations); An Insight into the Captains of Industry: The Kawanishi Aircraft Company; Radical Racer: Kawanishi K-2 (1921 racer, 3-view drawing); Japanese Aircraft over Inner Mongolia, Part 2: Suiyuan Incident, November 1936; Project Only: Kawanishi J6K Jimpu (rare photos); Unit History: 73rd Sentai, IJAAF; Of Heroic Tales and Heraldic Tails (Mitsubishi Ki-51 Sonia markings); When Mignet's 'Flea Circus' Came to Japan - The Willow (Pou du Ciel in Japan) | $15.00 |
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Ki-45 Toryu Special Feature I Unit History: 53rd Sentai, IJAAF - This issue includes the second article in an occasional series that looks at individual units and markings of both Japanese services in detail. Many hours spent delving into Japanese source material has unearthed new information and veteran pilot reminiscences on this already well-documented unit. Details about its ramming attack suicide sub-unit are also included. As if that were not enough, we have based the text around must-see, renovated colour photos from the roving lens of renowned wartime photographer Kikuchi Shunkichi. | $18.00 |
