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Offline Greebo

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248th Sentai Ki-43
« on: July 07, 2013, 09:44:12 AM »
Hightone asked me to skin a Ki-43 from the 248th Sentai. This unit was active over New Guinea from November 1943 fighting the USAAF's 5th Air Force. The Ki-43 was by this time seriously outclassed by US aircraft. Also the IJAAF in New Guinea was badly outnumbered and at the end of a very long and vulnerable supply chain. As a result the 248th lost a third of its pilots in combat in the first month and almost all its ground crew personnel while still in transit to a US submarine. The 248th fought on until April 1944 when the US advance threatened to overrun their bases. With no air or sea transport available the surviving pilots then began a hellish six month march to safety through the New Guinea jungle from which only a handful of pilots survived.



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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2013, 10:51:17 AM »
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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2013, 11:13:04 AM »
Beautiful.
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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2013, 11:49:38 AM »
Perfect as always  :aok
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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2013, 12:24:42 PM »
Wow....it looks awesome.

A million thanks to you Greebo-san. I have always marveled at the bad luck the 248th had. Must of been one hell of a tough go.


Make that a billion thanks Greebo-san  :cheers:
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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2013, 01:01:22 PM »
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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2013, 01:18:02 PM »
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Offline Dragon Tamer

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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2013, 08:54:39 AM »
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Offline Vudu15

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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2013, 07:30:31 AM »
Greebo you marvelous cat a new skin with a story for me to knock down fighters with :D
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Offline Mitsu

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Re: 248th Sentai Ki-43
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2013, 06:28:46 PM »
What a cool...it's time to fly with your Ki-43 skins!  :salute
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