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This group of photos depict a large number of captured Japanese warplanes that were transported to the U.S. for evaluation just after the war. Some of the photos are of the aircraft being prepared for shipments at Yokosuka, Japan in late October and early November, 1945. Others depict the planes on board USS Barnes (CVE-20) during its transit to Norfolk via Alameda and the Panama Canal.

Aircraft depicted include:

Kawanishi N1K2

Kawasaki Ki-48

Kawasaki Ki-102

Kyushu Q1W

Mitsubishi A6M

Mitsubishi Ki-46

Nakajima C6N

Nakajima J5N

Yokosuka P1Y

Yokosuka D4Y

Also included are photos of experimental Japanese wooden props, an aircraft revetment at Yokosuka and group of Japanese naval maintenance personnel that presumably assisted in preparing the aircraft for shipment.

 

SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

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