Ki-48 aircraft at an airfield, circa 1940s

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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
24 Sep 2016 07:20:20 PM

DARLING LILY:

Kawasaki Ki-48-I/II aircraft could belong to 34th Light Bomber Regiment, 1st Company, tail marking is white, operated in French Indo-China also operated in Burma and New Guinea.
34th Light Bomber Regiment, 2nd Company tail marking is in yellow, unit operated in same area.

After WWII the Japanese abandoned over 1,000 aircraft in Asia, and new air forces salvaged and operated the Ki-48 in the post-war years However, lack of spare-parts grounded many aircraft

OPERATORS:

Nationalist Chinese, Communist Chinese (PLAAF)
Indonesian Security Forces

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