Photo of the week
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This weekends extra.
And a couple of photos taken on the Eastern front of a Messerschmitt Bf-110, possibly from Zerstörergeschwader (ZG1)
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This midweeks photo.
A nice shot of a Messerschmitt Bf-109 G2 with 20mm gun pods, from Jagdgeschwader 27 (I/JG27),
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This weekends photo.
And some nice close ups of TAIC 6, a Nakajima B5N2.
This B5N2 Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber was built in December 1943. Equipped with H-6 ASV radar,the 'Kate' had been attached to the General (Combined) Escort Force or Rengo Goei Butai (GEB), serving there with the 931st Kaigun Kokutai. After the capture of Saipan in June 1944 this B5N2 Kate, with the tail-code KEB306,was found abandoned at Aslito airfield. Shipped from the Garapan anchorage off Saipan, Mariana Islands to the USA 8Jul44 on USS Copahee (CVE-12), arriving NAS San Diego, California, 28Jul44. Technical Air Intelligence Center (TAIC), NAS Anacostia, MD. Assigned TAIC 6. First flight after overhaul 16Nov44. Initially used to evaluate the effectiveness of the radar equipment against US naval vessels off the Delaware coast, with the equipment being operated by the Naval Radio Laboratory. Tactical Test Division, NAS Patuxent River, MD 13Dec44.Technical Air Intelligence Center (TAIC), NAS Anacostia, MD 27Apr45. In Oct45 the Kate and a Zeke were attached to a group known as 'The Navy's Flying Might' at NAS Wildwood, Rio Grande, New Jersey, set up as a travelling display to take part in nationwide Victory Loan promotions across the USA. Believed to have been on static display at the World's Fair of Aviation, Offutt Field, Fort Crook, Omaha, NB July 1946.
