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[Ack-Ack]

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.

The discrepancy is probably due to the camera angle of the photographer in relation to the B-29s and the Ki-45, making it seem like the Ki-45 was a lot closer to the B-29 than it probably actually was.

ack-ack

[Karnak]

The discrepancy is probably due to the camera angle of the photographer in relation to the B-29s and the Ki-45, making it seem like the Ki-45 was a lot closer to the B-29 than it probably actually was.

ack-ack

Hard to see how.  The Ki-45 is placed between the camera and the B-29, yet the Ki-45 is significantly smaller than it should be given that spatial relationship and its actual size as compared to a B-29's actual size.

[715]

Yes, the photo only makes sense if the Ki is further away from the camera than the central B29 but that would mean the B29s wing would occlude (block) the Ki fuselage, which it doesn't.  The photo doesn't make sense.

[Widewing]

This image was likely retouched as a composite.....

[DaveBB]

The whole picture is strange.  Why does the center B-29 only have it's rear bomb bay doors open?  Why is the B-29 in the top left hand of the picture in a climbing bank?  Very strange.  I agree with the composite idea.

[streakeagle]

US Intelligence, "photoshopping pics" before the phrase was even created.

[Oldman731]

US Intelligence, "photoshopping pics" before the phrase was even created.

Well.  That photo goes way back, certainly I saw it long before personal computers were invented.

- oldman

[Karnak]

US Intelligence, "photoshopping pics" before the phrase was even created.

I've seen a German created composite propaganda photo from the Battle of Britain.

Composite photos are pretty old.

[Lusche]

Composite photos are pretty old.

By WW2, "edited" photos had been already around for decades.

[bangsbox]

Don't forget photographer is prob taking the pic from a glass bubble

[wpeters]

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.

It took a set of titanium balls to do that. http://youtu.be/Z_nAjPLlCKk

[Nefarious]

I believe that is a J1N1 not a Ki46, that might explain the size issues.

[TOMCAT21]

cool picture