Japanese Profiles.

[lyric1]

Number three on this sheet seems to be very different to most I have ever seen.






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    1st Rensai-Hikotai at Nakatsu Air Base, Japan in 1945.  The machine is finished in a heavily weathered very unusual finish comprising three distinct segments.  The fuselage centre section is in a patchy light olive green, the forward fuselage and cowling is in a darker green mottling over natural metal whilst the rear fuselage is in a darker green with natural metal showing through.  The wing sports white home defence bands.  Spinner is in mid blue.  Unit markings comprise white edged red bands around the rear fuselage and across the fin and rudder.

    71st Hiko-Sentai in the Philippines early 1945.  Finished in dark green upper surfaces over light grey undersides wit a mid blue spinner.  Unit markings appear to be some form of a stylised marking in yellow with yellow numerals 3 or 6 and a 7.  The reference picture of the aircraft shows it to be just a rear fuselage and horizontal stabilisers less their fabric covering, hence the uncertainty of its markings.

    52nd Hiko-Sentai at Chofu Air Base, Japan in 1945. Finished in an unusual scheme of light grey over a green-grey underside.  It sports a mid blue spinner as well as a yellow and red unit marking on the fin and rudder.

    9th Hiko-Sentai at Suchow China in 1945.  The machine is in weathered dark green over grey green camouflage with a white tipped mid blue spinner.  White unit marking on the fin and rudder.

    51st Hiko-Sentai and found at Atsugi Air Base in Japan in 1945.  The aircraft is finished in medium green upper surfaces over grey green undersides (although the illustration on the placement guide shows the upper surfaces to be a light tan colour).  The spinner is in mid blue with a yellow (or white) tip.  Unit marking on the fin and rudder is in yellow."


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#37.
I would like to identify this squadron. Most English books list it as an unknown squadron I can't read Japanese I am hoping the writing lists the unit. 200th Sentai seems to the most likely choice as best I can tell with the Japanese text & what I can find online?

[lyric1]

I think this is #86 there seems to be something possibly blocking the rest of the #8 in the photo?

185th Shinbutai.

It is the same plane & it is the elevator that is blocking the number did not notice until I seen these models of the plane.

[lyric1]

Japanese translation.


Otsu hikō dai 104 sentai  honbu
B flight # 104 Squadron squadron headquarters





Kō hikō dai 112 sentai dai 1 chūtai Masaki Yasurō taii jōki
112th squadron  Captain Masaki Yasuo  machine.



Kō hikō dai 104 sentai dai 2 chūtai




Kō hikō dai 102 sentai dai 3 chūtai





One I have already listed before.

Kō hikō dai 47 sentai `sakura'-tai (kyū dai 3 chūtai) Hatano taii jōki

47 squadron "Sakura" Corps (Old Third Squadron) Captain Hatano machine.



Another I have listed before.

Kō dai 10 rensei hikō-tai.




Another I have listed before.

Kō hikō dai 9 sentai dai 1 chūtai



Kō hikō dai 101 sentai dai 2 chūtai.







already listed.

Kō hikō dai 25 sentai sentai honbu
Jia flight 25 squadron squadron headquarters



another listed before.

Jia Army Air transport section the second squadron Yamana Lieutenant machine




as well as this.

Jia Army special attack Corps 57th Fubu-tai Yamashita Takayuki corporal power machine



this too.




Instep Hitachi instructor flight division  Captain Masaki Yasuo machine.




Listed before.

Hei Army special attack Corps flight # 182 Fubu-tai (Retsuhikari-tai) captain Imoto lieutenant machine Tatebayashi




Jia Army special attack Corps 57th Fubu-tai Karasawa Tetsujiro  machine.







Instep Hitachi instructor flight division Captain  Tsuruta Shigeru  machine.

[Devil 505]

Great stuff, Lyric. Thanks.

[lyric1]

22nd Sentai 1st Chutai.
#932











Took a while to find an image of this aircraft & so far this is the only one & it is a partial.

57th shinbu-tai.
#00.





Top left.

[USRanger]

Thanks to lyric, there's enough info here to fill all the slots!

[Devil 505]

Thanks to lyric, there's enough info here to fill all the slots!

I'm up for that challenge. 

[lyric1]

[lyric1]

[lyric1]

This one not 100% sure about however I think it is a match.

246 Sentai.










After you enlarge the photo there looks to be a horizontal stripe in the right location & proportions? I can't find any other squadron with this type of tail markings on a KI-84.




Also based off of the photo not so sure it is a bare metal aircraft but another light grey scheme.

[Devil 505]

The stripe looks too high and too thin. Also it might be NMF, look at the reflection of the puddle on the underside of the wings.

[lyric1]

The stripe looks too high and too thin. Also it might be NMF, look at the reflection of the puddle on the underside of the wings.

Compared to the profiles I would say your right on second thoughts with regards to the stripe. Profiles may simply be wrong? Don't know for sure the photo had no information as to where or when or who. Still think this maybe a 246th aircraft though would have liked a photo of the entire tail. 

[lyric1]

Some of these are already in game & at some point when they update the KI-84 those skins will be gone & up for grabs again.

Few of them are also ones I have already listed.











This aircraft #62 can be seen in the photo 3rd down.

[lyric1]

#37.
I would like to identify this squadron. Most English books list it as an unknown squadron I can't read Japanese I am hoping the writing lists the unit. 200th Sentai seems to the most likely choice as best I can tell with the Japanese text & what I can find online?

Looks like #37 was most likely part of the 200th Sentai. These aircraft were all part of the Akeno flying school before they became a combat squadron.

http://arawasi-wildeagles.blogspot.com/2014/04/nakajima-ki-84-hayate-akeno-200-sentai.html

You can see some of them in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6L__BG1LwU

[lyric1]