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Re: Ki-43 perhaps?
Posted by PeterC on Thu Mar 27, 2003 04:40:09 AM
In reply top Re: Ki-43 perhaps? posted by Gregory on Wed Mar 26, 2003 01:26:04 PM
At one of the Duxford Classic Fighter shows in the early 90's, I was parked on the north side of the airfield (Officer's Mess). Parked outside on a trailer was the complete wing and damaged centre section of a Japanese fighter (I thought either Oscar or Zero).It had clearly been recovered from underwater (barnacles), but the Hinomarus under the wing were still visible and I believe stencilled somewhere on the wing or packing was "Australian War Memorial".Sadly, I did not take a photo and have always wondered what it was.