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http://www.reddit.com/r/wwiipics/

http://www.reddit.com/r/WWIIplanes

beautiful collection of photos, mostly from peoples personal collections.

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here is a beaut. Ki-46 attacking b-29s!

[mthrockmor]

Great picture!

What is interesting is how close the Japanese bird came in the HO attack. Second, the maneuvering the top B-29 is going through. This is right up there with some Lanc-dweebs pulling barrel rolls as I come in with my Fw-190A5. Ok, not that dramatic but it appears to show a buff pilot maneuvering to avoid the fighter attack.

boo

PS Does this mean you want this Ki-46 bird instead of the 110?

[Sunka]

Love that pic,I'll have to check out your links,Ty for sharing.

[Rogue9Volt]

Dinah was an observer craft, did the Dinah even have guns?  (I know very little about the Ki-46, I've just looked at pictures)

Was this guy throwing rocks at the B-29?!

[jeffdn]

Watch out, y'all will get sucked into the Reddit black hole of doooom! 

[Wmaker]

here is a beaut. Ki-46 attacking b-29s!

Dinah was an observer craft, did the Dinah even have guns?  (I know very little about the Ki-46, I've just looked at pictures)

It is a Ki-45.

[Karnak]

Dinah was an observer craft, did the Dinah even have guns?  (I know very little about the Ki-46, I've just looked at pictures)

Was this guy throwing rocks at the B-29?!

Ki-46 was a PR aircraft with later armed versions.  That is, as Wmaker noted, a Ki-45 though.

PR =  high, fast, photography.

Observer = slow, low and radio communication of what is being observed.

[bangsbox]

Watch out, y'all will get sucked into the Reddit black hole of doooom!  

hahah ya im so sucked in its not funny.
another sub-reddit I love is battlePaintings
http://www.reddit.com/r/BattlePaintings
and here is a nice one from there
 

[Scherf]

hahah ya im so sucked in its not funny.
another sub-reddit I love is battlePaintings
http://www.reddit.com/r/BattlePaintings
and here is a nice one from there
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Looked at it twice - still doesn't make me want to join the army.

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I can't see how that Ki-45 got into that position.  Maybe the angle is weird, but it looks like he would have had to pass within a few feet of the front of the B29 he's below, which implies he came within milliseconds of colliding.

[Karnak]

I can't see how that Ki-45 got into that position.  Maybe the angle is weird, but it looks like he would have had to pass within a few feet of the front of the B29 he's below, which implies he came within milliseconds of colliding.

There is a reasonably chance that he was trying to collide.  The Japanese did use kamikaze attacks against B-29s.  Even the Germans finally resorted to them at the end, though if I recall the Germans gave lip service to the pilot surviving the collision.

[Rogue9Volt]

Ki-46 was a PR aircraft with later armed versions.  That is, as Wmaker noted, a Ki-45 though.

PR =  high, fast, photography.

Observer = slow, low and radio communication of what is being observed.

Good to know.  Not so good in the vision dept these days..
Japanese planes are the ones I know the least about, so that makes sense to me.  I'll have to do some reading.

[DaveBB]

Something isn't right here.  The Ki-45 is nearest to the camera, yet still seems extremely small.  The B-29 under attack has its rear bomb bay doors open.  The B-29 furthest from the camera is in a climbing left hand turn.

The KI-45 is 36' in length and has a 49' wingspan.  The B-29 has a length of 99'.

In the photo, the KI-45 measures 3.5cm in length, while the B-29 measures 16cm.  If this were an accurate photo, the B-29 should only measure 10.5 cm.  

Anyone care to comment?

(Measurements were taken when I zoomed in on MS paint.  The ratio of the plane lengths is wrong.  Your measurements will be different depending on how much you zoom in)

[Widewing]

Something isn't right here.  The Ki-45 is nearest to the camera, yet still seems extremely small.  The B-29 under attack has its rear bomb bay doors open.  The B-29 furthest from the camera is in a climbing left hand turn.

The KI-45 is 36' in length and has a 49' wingspan.  The B-29 has a length of 99'.

In the photo, the KI-45 measures 3.5cm in length, while the B-29 measures 16cm.  If this were an accurate photo, the B-29 should only measure 10.5 cm.  

Anyone care to comment?

(Measurements were taken when I zoomed in on MS paint.  The ratio of the plane lengths is wrong.  Your measurements will be different depending on how much you zoom in)

I believe that you may be right.... Here's the original photo and a correct to scale drawing of both aircraft. I had a 3 view of the Ki-46, which has the same length and span as the Ki-45. So, the relationship is the same. In terms of length, the ratio is 2.75 to 1. The photo shows a ratio of about 4.5 to 1. Moreover, the Ki-45 is directly under the fuselage of the B-29. Decide for yourselves if this image was not "created".....







Added this one for contrast to the original. FiFi escorted by a Zero (Planes of Fame) and a P-51D. Note that the zero looks as large or larger than the Ki-45, and it's to the opposite side of the B-29.