BONEYARD FOR JAP WARBIRDS, 10/9/1943. MUNDA—Wrecked Japanese planes, destroyed during the Allied battle for Munda, stretch across this war-torn field. The enemy warbirds were assembled for study by Marine aviation intelligence officers. Credit Line (Official U.S. Navy Photo from ACME)
Neviem, nechce sa mi hladat, ci tieto fotky su tu uz zavesene, ale davam ich sem pre zaujimavost...su to zabery na Shideny N1K2-J, od 343 Kokutai, ktore amici zabavili, a boli prelietnute zo zakladne jap. letectva Omura, prefektura Nagasaki, do Jokosuky. Zo siestich strojov boli nakoniec nalodene styri kusy / smer USA/. Tento prelet zabezpecovaly piloti Hellcatov. Zaujimave je, ze tie Shideny boli natankovane kvalitnym vysokooktanovym palivom, a piloti Hellcatov mali co robit, aby so Shidenmi drzaly "krok"...amici tym natankovanim kvalitneho benzinu vlastne isli tak "trochu" proti sebe
...A este tak trochu barbarske chovanie amikov, ked ostatne masiny polievali benzinom a zapalovali...