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| Caption | Souvenir hunters on Iwo Jima sawing the propeller off of a wrecked Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter, Mar 1945. They said they would make paper weights out of it later. [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase | ||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force | ||||||||
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| Photo Size | 1,200 x 927 pixels | ||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Iwo Jima, Japan | ||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Colorized Date | 24 Feb 2023 | ||||||||
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Iwo Jima, Japan |
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15 Jun 2016 06:42:52 PM
STEP UP AND TAKE WHAT'S YOURS:
The Japanese fought for the Emperor, the Germans fought for Hitler and the Americans for
souvenirs. GI's take a few odds and ends to show the folks back home. Photo shows GI's doing that
GROUNDED:
Nakajima Ki43 "Oscar" is the fighter a Ki43-Ib armed w/1 x 12.7mm and 1 x 7.7mm machine gun, or a Ki-43Ic w/2 x 12.7mm machine guns its anybody's guess.
You can see the blast tube for the machine gun on the starboard side above the engine it could be the Nakajima Ha-115, 14-Cylinder air-cooled driving a three bladed propeller. Its hard to tell from the photo what production model it is.
PRODUCTION WARS:
The Ki-43 "Oscar' was designed and built by the Nakajima Aircraft Co., Tachikawa also built the Oscar starting in 1943 as well as the 1st Army Air Arsenal, total production was 5,878 aircraft.