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Caption | Me 210 aircraft purchased by the Japanese Army for testing, Japan, circa 1939-1943 ww2dbase | ||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Japan | ||||
Date | 1942 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 550 x 195 pixels |
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3 Nov 2013 11:06:22 AM
Messerschmitt Me210 tested at the 1st Tachikawa Army Air Arsenal. This was one of Japan's major aviation & research establishments to test and evaluated both captured allied aircraft and new Japanese prototype aircraft during WWII.
At wars end the area was heavily damaged by B-29 raids made this area unserviceable at wars end.
In 1947 the U.S. 7th Air Force took over this area an established an airbase. Today its now shared and also operated by the Japanese.