I can think of worse ways to spend a day
Tooling around over Tientsin
China-Burma-India Theater
Mr Thompson and the man from MARS
The MARS Task Force was the second American LRPG (Long Range Penetration Group), activated just weeks before the first American LRPG aka 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) aka GALAHAD aka Merrill’s Marauders was deactivated after having been almost completely used up in roughly 4-5 months of fighting in Burma.
MARS Task Force fought in Burma until March 1945 when their area of operation was deemed clear and they were moved to China to help train Chinese troops.
MARS also produced the only ground action CMOH in the C-B-I which also happened to be the only one given to a WWII special operations soldier: 1LT Jack L. Knight
Top it off, check the oil and clean the windshield please
54th Chutai Ki-36, probably Manchuria 1941
And a good excuse to post another from Shigeo Koike…
Thunderbolt Thursday
RAF P-47 Thunderbolt MkIIs
I don’t know if this is a wartime picture or postwar. They appear to have non-SEAC roundels and fin flash (for those that don’t know, South East Asia Command did away with the standard red in the national markings to avoid being mistaken for the Hinomaru of Japan) but from what I’ve read, other than an Operational Training Unit in Egypt very few Jugs were used by the RAF outside of the PTO. And the ones used in the PTO were primarily used in Burma.
WWII Japanese aircraft in postwar French service
France’s chaotic return to it’s Indochina colony after the end of WWII in 1945 saw the surprising use of some former Japanese warplanes, as the Indochina conflict against the communist Viet Minh began.
(French air force Ki-43 “Oscar” fighter.)
(French navy E13A1 “Jake” seaplane.)
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Nakajima Type 97 Fighter / Ki-27 Allied Code Name: Nate
From the fine work of Shigeo Koike
Meccanica Mekaniikka Mecanică 