The Registration page determined this was a lie...
He wanted very much to fly Ki-45's and intended to fly them.
However, all the other CM's wanted to fly axis.
Rather than force Ditto, or Perd, or me to fly allied, he graciously volunteered to be the one to fly allied.
Normally, I would be the one to go to whatever side is needed so that others can fly their sides of choice. However, as the biggest proponent of the Ki-45/110C, I am flying them and putting my guys into them. So I was not available to switch this time.