Japanese transport ID

Hi,
This photo was part of a Flickr directory, the link to this was posted in a later entry. This photo can be found here, but doesn’t provide any more detail.
Perhaps you could contact the Flickr site owner.

John

Thanks John, you are a legend mate. I am going to contact him and see what can be done.

Cheers
Anthony

A (prop) F-15 survived into the 60s as a fire bomber it was eventually lost in a crash.

Really, the “F” for Photo shouldn’t surprise anyone here, the WWII exploits of F-5s (P-38s) and to a lesser extent F-6 (P-51s) are well known.

Hi guys

I am sorry I know this is an old thread but I am looking for this poster “Slummer” in regard to this photo. We believe this is our Mosquito at Ferrymead HR339 but would like confirmation with a higher res image. I have PM’d him but have had no response.

Can anyone help??

Regards
Anthony

Hi,
This photo was part of a Flickr directory, the link to this was posted in a later entry. This photo can be found here, but doesn’t provide any more detail.
Perhaps you could contact the Flickr site owner.

John

The Mitsubishi is indeed an Indonesian air force example. This would date it to 1945-1949 somewhere. Could be a home-made conversion of Ki21 into passenger transport, they are known to have been flying with the Indonesian AF in their struggle with Dutch forces in the (then) Dutch East Indies. There is an intelligence report which places a single unservicable Ki21 with the Indonesian AF at Surabaya in 1946, not much else is known of them.

The DC-3 in the Mosquito-picture should be malayan VR-SCO, delivered August 1947. The Lancastrian was deregistered December 1949, so that will give you a timeframe of the picture.

DC-3 VR-SCN was delivered August 1947,

Re Mosquito delivery route –

Bordeaux – Luqa – Al Adem – Fayid – Habbaniya – Bahrein – Mauripur – Culcutta/Dum Dum – Butterworth – Tengah – Sourabayia – Darwin – Townsville – Amberly – Sydney

In regards to the Mitsubishi Ki 57 looks like it might have the Indonesian insignia under the wing? Like they used on several types of aircraft right after the war. I have reference to them using Ki 21 they might have mistaken Ki 57 for Ki 21. Reference came from Air Pictorial 1967 March page 75

Chris

And this one…Mossie is HR339. All photos are Pacific theatre. Where is this?

Hi guys

I am sorry I know this is an old thread but I am looking for this poster “Slummer” in regard to this photo. We believe this is our Mosquito at Ferrymead HR339 but would like confirmation with a higher res image. I have PM’d him but have had no response.

Can anyone help??

Regards
Anthony

It get’s better! Anyone have info on the Lancastrian?

I haven’t a lot of info on the Lancastrian. But G-AGME was originally built for the RAF as a Lancastrian I with the serial number VF156 and the c/n of 1185, however it was originally ordered as a Lancaster with the serial number of PD156. It either went to or was registered with BOAC on 3 July 1945 and was named “Newhaven”. It was scrapped at Hurn in January 1950.

Hope this helps.

FC

I didn’t even know this type was produced:

F-15A Reporter

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fizzix/1077479025/in/set-72157601129995097/

that looks remarkably like the hughes XF-11 though it says that the nose section was made by the hughes tool company, after the first XF-11 crashed (had contra rotating props) i think hughes stipulated that the other two be fitted with single props, which makes them look very similar

And this one…Mossie is HR339. All photos are Pacific theatre. Where is this?

Mosquito FB Mk.VI HR339 was one of the RAF Mossies that were sold to New Zealand in 1947-48. This one became NZ2382 on the 24th March 1948, and was damaged at Taieri 14Apr48. It then became instructional airframe INST127 at the Electrical and Wireless School, Wigram. Surplus at Wigram Apr53, sold as scrap to Bruce Goodwin of Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsular 1953. To Ferrymead Museum 1972 for restoration of NZ2328

I suggest that as these Mosquitos were all flown from the UK to NZ on delivery, that the pic was taken during the delivery in early 1948. Not sure of the actual delivery route, but it would have been down the traditional Singapore/Darwin path.
Judging by the presence of the Malayan Airways DC3 in the other picture, I’d go for Singapore.

You say potato and I’ll say potato 😀 😀 😀

Roger Smith.

“P” had already been taken for “Pursuit” of course ( and “R” originally meant “Restricted – not for use on combat missions”)

Very brief production run. F-15, when F stood for Photo……rather funny if you ask me.

You say potato and I’ll say potato 😀 😀 😀

Roger Smith.

Very brief production run. F-15, when F stood for Photo……rather funny if you ask me.

The F-15 Reporter was a photographic reconnaissance version of the P-61 Black Widow. In the summer of 1945, the last XP-61E was modified as an unarmed photographic reconnaissance aircraft. All the guns were removed, and a new nose was fitted, capable of holding an assortment of aerial cameras. The aircraft was redesignated XF-15 (in the pre-1948 F-for photo recon series, not to be confused with the post-1948 F-for-fighter series). It flew for the first time on July 3, 1945. Even before the first flight of the XF-15, the USAAF had shown enough interest in the recon version of the Black Widow that in June of 1945 they ordered 175 production F-15As. These were given the popular name “Reporter”. The F-15A was basically the P-61C with the new bubble-canopy fuselage and the camera-carrying nose. The fighter brakes on the wing were eliminated. The first production F-15A-1-NO was accepted in September 1946. However, the contract was abruptly canceled in 1947, possibly because the performance of the Reporter was rapidly being overshadowed by jets. Only 36 F-15As were accepted before the contract was cancelled. (This information is from the Joe Baugher website.)

Yeh basically its a P-61 Black Widow with a new fuselage.

I didn’t even know this type was produced:

F-15A Reporter

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fizzix/1077479025/in/set-72157601129995097/

Mitsubishi Ki 57 ( Army type 100)

Thanks!

I haven’t got my books with me and if I don’t solve this soon I’ll go nuts..

What is this please?

Photo comes from an excellent personal collection on Flickr. I’m going through them making comments where I am certain of the content (and will attribute the correct ID to this site and the forum member).

Thanks

Mitsubishi Ki 57 ( Army type 100)

It get’s better! Anyone have info on the Lancastrian?

And this one…Mossie is HR339. All photos are Pacific theatre. Where is this?