by Richard Dunn | Dec 5, 2024 | Japanese
The story of captured Allied aircraft in Japanese hands offers a fascinating glimpse into the improvisation and ingenuity necessitated by wartime constraints. Among these tales, the saga of the Hankow Warhawks—a squadron of P-40Ks abandoned on a Yangtze River sandbank...
by Richard Dunn | Oct 15, 2024 | Allied Forces, Japanese
The homepage on my computer cycles various items of interest across the screen. These may be news or current events (fashion and celebrity gossip among them) but also include some historical subjects, even aviation history. Among the latter are sometimes profiles or...
by Richard Dunn | Aug 12, 2024 | Japanese
This is an updated version of Zero 21: Unraveling the Performance Data – New and improved with additional data and new insights. A lot of widely disseminated but inaccurate data is debunked and – sorry, while it gets close to a definitive answer this article...
by Richard Dunn | Jun 26, 2024 | Japanese
This article was previously posted on J-Aircraft.com forum in 2003. An addition has been made at the end to include correspondence and photos from Harumi Sakaguchi, who visited Kitava and interviewed locals and witnesses. Click here to scroll to the end of the...
by Richard Dunn | May 21, 2024 | Japanese
The Type 100 Headquarters Reconnaissance Plane commonly referred to simply as headquarters reconnaissance airplane (Shin-Shitei) was given the codename Dinah by Allied forces in the Pacific. Arguably it was one of Japan’s most successful aircraft. As elucidated in...
by Richard Dunn | Feb 14, 2024 | Japanese
Ten Days to Kamikaze is a series that explores the decision-making process and implementation of Japan’s use of suicidal crash dives during World War II. It provides an in-depth review of the critical ten-day period and examines the background leading up to those...
