G4M bombers in flight, seen through the gun port of another G4M, date unknown

Caption     G4M bombers in flight, seen through the gun port of another G4M, date unknown ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
Identification Code   2007.084.001.269
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Photo Size 787 x 577 pixels
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
12 Oct 2011 04:42:42 PM

In the 1930s the Japanese adopted the Lewis gun, as seen in gunners position, aboard a G4M1 Betty bomber. It was an air-cooled, gas operated weapon the Type 97 was of 7.7mm caliber on a flexible mount.
It was copied from the British Lewis gun and was fed by a magazine of 47 or 97 rounds the
Betty carried four 7.7mm machine guns, and
one 20mm cannon.
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
15 Oct 2011 05:39:55 PM

I'm going to take a guess here, aircraft could belong to 751st Kokutai that operated out of Rabaul, New Britian.

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