| Caption | A Japanese pilot marking a victory on his A6M Zero fighter, 14 Feb 1942; note his unit's mascot, a monkey, on the aircraft ww2dbase | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseTokyo Everyday News | |||||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
| Added Date | 26 Jul 2011 | |||||||
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"All that silly talk about the advance of science and such leaves me cold. Give me peace and a retarded science."Thomas Dodd, late 1945
22 Oct 2011 06:32:14 PM
Recent discovered "Kill" marking photo taken from a 1944 Asahigraph. The Japanese used different types of kill markings: Birds, Stars, Cherry Blossoms Aircraft Silhouettes, US Star Insigina with an arrow through it, Silhouette of an Axe and the Chrysanthemum. What is that object sticking out from the fuselage above the sun insigina? CLIMB ABOARD THE ZERO: Pilot climbed aboard the Zero grabbing the hand hold with his right hand, the Zero also had a foot hold for his right foot, boosted himself up, with his left leg on to the wing and with his left hand grabbed another hand hold climbed aboard and into the cockpit. Nakajima had a different approach the pilot of a Ki-43 Oscar pulled himself up along the wing with a leather pull into the cockpit.