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by kanadanoyamaneko
Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:30 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Historical Pilots of the Chitose Kōkūtai – as of December 7, 1941
Replies: 28
Views: 1157

Re: Historical Pilots of the Chitose Kōkūtai – as of December 7, 1941

Well, the next logical step was to launch a Google Search using 五十嵐周正 instead of Igarashi Chikamasa, here are my first results :

He graduated from the Naval Academy of Etajima, class 56, in march 1928 (he is from Tsuchiura, about 50 km northeast of Tokyo)...
http://www.niehorster.org/014_japan ...
by kanadanoyamaneko
Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:32 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Historical Pilots of the Chitose Kōkūtai – as of December 7, 1941
Replies: 28
Views: 1157

Re: Historical Pilots of the Chitose Kōkūtai – as of December 7, 1941

Sadly, in the game, Cdr Igarashi Chikamasa has the skills of a torpedo bomber pilot, and I haven't found a way yet to change them in the editor, or if it is even possible.
by kanadanoyamaneko
Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:02 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Historical Pilots of the Chitose Kōkūtai – as of December 7, 1941
Replies: 28
Views: 1157

Re: Historical Pilots of the Chitose Kōkūtai – as of December 7, 1941

Hello Peiper1944, allow me to put my 2¢ in... I have a copy of Hata's Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II , and under Chitose Air Group (pp.103-5), CAPT Ōhashi Fujiro is indeed the commanding officer at Roi just before the start of the war...
But at the end of november 1941, some ...
by kanadanoyamaneko
Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:49 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: D4Y4
Replies: 14
Views: 642

Re: D4Y4

From René J Francillon, Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War (1970), p.460...

« A final bomber version providing crew and fuel tank protection was under development when Japan capitulated. Intended to be powered by a 1,825 hp Nakajima NK9C Homare 12 eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, the D4Y5 was ...

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