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A derelict Japanese fighter, a Nakajima Ki-43 'Oscar', lies abandoned at Danip Airfield in the ...
Photograph
Maker: White, John
A derelict Japanese fighter, a Nakajima Ki-43 'Oscar', lies abandoned at Danip Airfield in the jungle. It probably flew with the 63rd Sentai (Squadron) of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF)...P02821.001
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AINARO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-24. SERGEANT G. MILSOM, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM AND ...
Photograph
AINARO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-24. SERGEANT G. MILSOM, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM AND FORMERLY OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, RE-ENACTS WHAT WAS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE DURING THE AUSTRALI...125286
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Airstrip, Ozuki
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF), area near Chofu and Shimoniseki. This aerodrome was used for the training of Japanese kamikaze pilots during the later stages of the war. From here they would...ART26382
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ALEXISHAFEN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1944-09. THE WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE NAKAJIMA KI-49 DONRYU (HELEN) ...
Photograph
ALEXISHAFEN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1944-09. THE WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE NAKAJIMA KI-49 DONRYU (HELEN) BOMBER AT THE AIRSTRIP. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).305242
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Anti aircraft all the way
Art
Maker: Gilman, Don Office of AC of S, G-2, 14th Antiaircraft Command 650th Engineering Battalion
A poster issued by the Assistant Chief of Staff of the 14th Anti aircraft Command. The poster depicts a broad arrow heading towards a Japanese flag, on the flag is a listing of a number of battles, ...ARTV00538
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Atsuta inverted V-12 aero engine
Technology
Inverted V 12 aero engine. Extensive surface corrosion, missing many components such as drive shaft and supercharger. However, exhaust stubs are present. Other markings : Naval Inspection stamps on P...REL/16097
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"Betty" bomber, Labuan
Art
Maker: Koehne, Kurt Casper Irwin
Depicts the wreckage of "Betty" the bomber in a flat landscape.ART96210
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Billy Can : Lieutenant Colonel E E Dunlop, 2/2 CCS
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Galvanized iron billy can with a top wired edge, a Pitsburg vertical seam and a hand hammered knocked edge for the base. It has a wire handle.RELAWM31377.001
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Bomb Fragment (Darwin air raid)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Piece of twisted shrapnel. Label adhered to surface reading 'feet from crater' 'RAAF'.REL/02064.002
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Bomb Fragment : HMAS Manunda
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Piece of irregularly shaped steel shrapnel displaying part of a screw thread on one side and a milled surface on the other. The remainder of the piece is randomly damaged and torn. Some small pieces, ...RELAWM31634
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Bombing operations and anti aircraft gun battery [Extracts from Japanese newsreels]
Film
1. Japanese Navy Air Force (JNAF) airfield with parked 'Betty' bombers. The bombers take off in the dark waved on by the ground crew. 2. Item on the acitivities of a Japanese anti aircraft unit equi...F06938
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Crew members from HMAS Bundaberg holding a Japanese dropping flag which was found in the jungle ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
Crew members from HMAS Bundaberg holding a Japanese dropping flag which was found in the jungle near Madang. The flag, covered with Japanese characters, is used to indicate the dropping site for messa...073021
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DARWIN, NT. 1942-03-04. JAPANESE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CITY TAKEN AT A HEIGHT OF 3500 FEET ON ...
Photograph
DARWIN, NT. 1942-03-04. JAPANESE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CITY TAKEN AT A HEIGHT OF 3500 FEET ON A COURSE OF 260 DEGREES. IT IS NUMBER 15 OF THAT RECONNAISSANCE RUN.P00913.002
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Fragment from Imperial Japanese kamikaze aircraft : HMAS Australia (II)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cast alloy fragment of an aircraft rudder pedal, showing part of a ribbed footplate within a plain edge. Remnants of the original interior primer finish are still attached to the relic.REL/01944.001
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Gaps in Hon. ranks
Art
Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting a Japanese general speaking to his troops. Not all of his troops have returned from bombing Darwin, as shown by gaps in the line-up.ART92362
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G4M1 Betty bomber control horn - Admiral I T Yamamoto, Imperial Japanese Navy
Technology
Control horn made of aluminium from a crashed Mitsubishi G4M1 'Betty' bomber. The component is painted in a protective layer of clear blue-green primer known as 'Aotake' used on the interior finishes...REL/01198
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Great Britian will pursue the war against Japan to the very end
Art
Maker: Unknown J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
Propaganda was essential for boosting morale particularly during the tail end of the war. During the final strikes against Japan, British forces operated as an integral part of the American task force...ARTV02247
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IDENTIFICATION PHOTOGRAPHS OF SERGEANT HAJIME TOYOSHIMA, THE FIRST JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR. ...
Photograph
IDENTIFICATION PHOTOGRAPHS OF SERGEANT HAJIME TOYOSHIMA, THE FIRST JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR. TOYOSHIMA WAS THE PILOT OF A JAPANESE MITSUBISHI ZERO B11-1 AIRCRAFT, FROM THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY AIRCR...100524
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Instruction booklet for Kodak Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight Model 90 8mm movie camera: Captain Roderick Frank Arthur Strang, Australian Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Kodak Ltd.
Instruction booklet for the Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera. A 48-page booklet, this appears to be for a post war version of the camera. Stored in the leather case together with the movie camer...REL/16289.003
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Interrogation of enemy airmen
Film
Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Official War Department training film TF-1.3326 produced by the First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces. Demonstrates psychological approaches, methods and interrogation techniques employed by ...F02373
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1941-21-11. JAPANESE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED WEST COAST TOWN TAKEN AT A HEIGHT OF ...
Photograph
1941-21-11. JAPANESE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED WEST COAST TOWN TAKEN AT A HEIGHT OF 7500 FEET ON A COURSE 0.25. IT IS NUMBER 110 OF THAT RECONNAISSANCE RUN.P00913.001
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Japanese aviators summerweight flying jacket
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese aviator's unlined brown cotton gabardine flying jacket. Waist length jacket has stand and fall collar, concealed front buttoning, two large semi-circular pockets with concealed zip fastening ...REL30503
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Japanese 'Betty' bombers over Moresby
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Japanese 'Betty' bomber aircraft are depicted flying over Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART29992
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Japanese bomber Darwin
Film
Maker: Carty, William Montague
Scenes of the wrecked Japanese bomber and dead crew. O383 Squadron Leader Richard (Dick) Cresswell shaving outside his tent. He explains with hands how he shot down a Japanese bomber.F01793
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Japanese Browning Type I Aircraft Machine Gun : Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Technology
Maker: Army Kokura Factory Tyuou-kougyou
Japanese Browning Type I Aircraft Machine Gun. Rivetted steel rectangular box section receiver with an air cooled barrel that is covered with a drilled jacket. The top plate is marked with the Nagoya ...REL/02327
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Japanese Dinah pilot's survival/identification flag, Kitava Island : Flying Officer A W Moore, 79 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese aircrew survival/identifiction flag for use in the event of an aircraft being forced down. Fine silk national flag (red disc on a white ground) is mounted on a telescopic bamboo pole. The edg...REL/18640
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[Kamikaze attack]
Art
Maker: Hall, Alan
A comic strip of an attack upon Royal Australian Navy ships by Japanese aircraft. The artist Alan Hall enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second Wo...ART93357
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60 kg incendiary bomb, Darwin : Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force
Technology
Japanese, 60 kilogram incendiary bomb. The main casing is bullet shaped with a double row of 20mm raised rivett heads extending around the diameter of the steel casing at the nose end. The fuze mech...RELAWM33866
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Kodak Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight Model 90 8mm movie camera: Captain Roderick Frank Arthur Strang, Australian Army Medical Corps
Technology
Maker: Kodak Ltd.
Eastman Kodak 'Eight' model 90 magazine movie camera with an f/1.9 anastigmat lens. The black leatherette covered body is made from nickel plated steel. A small circular window with a film meter showi...REL/16289.001
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-05. THE BARGE WHICH BORE JAPANESE MAJOR-GENERAL YAMAMURA, GENERAL ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-05. THE BARGE WHICH BORE JAPANESE MAJOR-GENERAL YAMAMURA, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING KUCHING GARRISON, TO THE SARAWAK RIVER ESTUARY, TO MEET AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS WHO FLEW FROM...OG3452
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-05. THE BARGE WHICH BORE JAPANESE MAJOR-GENERAL YAMAMURA, GENERAL ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-05. THE BARGE WHICH BORE JAPANESE MAJOR-GENERAL YAMAMURA, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING KUCHING GARRISON, TO THE SARAWAK RIVER ESTUARY, TO MEET AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS WHO FLEW FROM...OG3451
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-05. THE BARGE WHICH BORE JAPANESE MAJOR-GENERAL YAMAMURA, GENERAL ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-05. THE BARGE WHICH BORE JAPANESE MAJOR-GENERAL YAMAMURA, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING KUCHING GARRISON, TO THE SARAWAK RIVER ESTUARY, TO MEET AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS WHO FLEW FROM...OG3450
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LABUAN ISLAND. 1945-09-10. MAJOR GENERAL G. F. WOOTTEN, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 9TH DIVISION, ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND. 1945-09-10. MAJOR GENERAL G. F. WOOTTEN, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 9TH DIVISION, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASAO BABA, SUPREME COMMANDER JA...115809
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Leather carrying case for a Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight Model 90 8mm movie camera: Captain Roderick Frank Arthur Strang, Australian Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Kodak (Australia) Pty Ltd
Leather carrying case used by Captain Strang to carry his Eastman Kodak 'Eight' model 90 magazine movie camera. The case is of blocked leather with all seams sewn with heavy duty linen thread. The lid...REL/16289.002
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LEYTE GULF, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10. A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN FLAMES (CENTRE) DURING THE ...
Photograph
LEYTE GULF, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10. A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN FLAMES (CENTRE) DURING THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ENTERPRISE IS AT LEFT. AN INDEPENDENCE CLASS LIGHT CARRIER AN...305259
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MELVILLE ISLAND, NT. 1942-02-27. THE JAPANESE MITSUBISHI ZERO B11-1 AIRCRAFT FROM THE JAPANESE ...
Photograph
MELVILLE ISLAND, NT. 1942-02-27. THE JAPANESE MITSUBISHI ZERO B11-1 AIRCRAFT FROM THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER HIRYUI FLOWN BY SERGEANT HAJIME TOYOSHIMA, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST A...P00022.002
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Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Zero Fighter Aircraft : Japanese Navy Air Force
Technology
Mitsubishi A6M2 single engine, single seat, cantilever low wing monoplane fighter aircraft of all metal construction. The tail control surfaces are fabric covered. It has a retractable tail wheel and ...REL/08378
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Mitsubishi G4M1 'Betty' bomber crew seat : Wing Commander R Cresswell DFC, 77 Squadron RAAF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
The seat is a box-shaped, aluminium structure painted in overall 'aotake' interior green. It has a short back rest and a padded top made from black rubberised material. Markings stamped onto the met...REL/02407
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Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa 'Oscar' : Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Technology
Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon), code named 'Oscar' to Allied intelligence, all metal single engine low wing monoplane fighter aircraft. This machine is believed to have been constructed...REL/12326
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Nambu Type 94 Pistol
Technology
Maker: Nagoya Arsenal Torimatsu Factory
Nambu Type 94 semi automatic pistol. Solid machined blued steel frame with a cocking knob at the rear with serrated edges. The right side of the frame is stamped with the Nagoya Torimatsu Factory mark...RELAWM28171.001
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NEW GUINEA. 1944-04. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED ON AN AIRFIELD FOLLOWING A RAID BY CARRIER-BASED ...
Photograph
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED ON AN AIRFIELD FOLLOWING A RAID BY CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT OF THE US NAVY IN SUPPORT OF THE HOLLANDIA LANDING. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).305147
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OO! Look! Rockets!
Art
Maker: Hall, Alan
A group of sketches depicting responses and reactions to Japanese kamikaze attacks. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During...ART93335
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Piece of Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter plane : Melville Island
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium plate with Japanese inscriptions. The plate lists instructions for an hydraulic front shock absorber.REL/02094
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Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) David Marsh, a member of ANGAU (Australian New Guinea Administrative ...
Photograph
Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) David Marsh, a member of ANGAU (Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit). Marsh led a party of searchers for six Japanese crewmen who landed three Japanese "Val" dive bom...P00849.003
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Rabaul, New Britain. 1946-03-29. A Japanese fighter aircraft which had been destroyed in its ...
Photograph
Maker: Ryan, L T
Rabaul, New Britain. 1946-03-29. A Japanese fighter aircraft which had been destroyed in its revetment and subsequently surrounded by natural secondary growth. It was located near a newly developed ar...099937
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Road at Hatu-Udo
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
A village in Portuguese Timor which figured prominently in the operations of 2/2nd Australian Independent Company in their guerilla tactics against the Japanese. It was frequently strafed by Japanese ...ART26311
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Sergeant (Sgt) Hajime Toyoshima (left), the first Japanese prisoner of war (POW). Toyoshima was ...
Photograph
Sergeant (Sgt) Hajime Toyoshima (left), the first Japanese prisoner of war (POW). Toyoshima was the pilot of a Japanese Mitsubishi Zero aircraft, A6M2 Zero, tail code BII-124, from the Japanese imperi...P00022.001
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[Seven type 97 Japanese air bombers shot down attacking Mingaladon by 17 and 67 Fighter Squadrons RAF]
Art
Maker: Stone, "Bunny"
Depicts Seven type 97 Japanese air bombers shot down attacking Mingaladon by No.17 and No.67 Fighter Squadrons RAF. The Burma campaign took place in 1942; however Stone made the finished drawings in I...ART90999
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Shrapnel : Lieutenant Lloyd George Palmer, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, HMAS Armidale
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Piece of shrapnel.REL/05671.001
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Shrapnel : Lieutenant Lloyd George Palmer, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, HMAS Armidale
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Piece of shrapnel.REL/05671.002
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Some of the nine Japanese bodies found in the wreckage of this Japanese 'Betty' bomber aircraft ...
Photograph
Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
Some of the nine Japanese bodies found in the wreckage of this Japanese 'Betty' bomber aircraft shot down, during a night raid on Darwin on the 23 November 1942 by Squadron Leader Richard (Dick) Charl...013721
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Tachikawa Ki-54c 'Hickory' aircraft oil and pressure shock absorber plate : Warrant Officer L A Pearce, RAAF
Technology
Maker: Tachikawa
Ki-54C aircraft plate. Rectangular copper metal plate slightly curved with Japanese kanji figures both stamped and embossed into the front surfaces. Within the front surface is a rectangular shaped...REL38480
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Tachikawa Ki-54c 'Hickory' fuselage : 10th Independent Air Brigade, Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Technology
All-metal fuselage remains of a Tachikawa Ki-54c 'Hickory' light transport, training and general purpose aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The wings, engines and left hand side crew e...REL29084
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To Oro Bay
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
After the fall of Buna, Oro Bay became the principal advanced base for further operations. Many of the merchant ships which made the passage from Milne Bay were Dutch. Single ships were usually escort...ART26359
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Type 98 Aircraft Machine Gun
Technology
Type 98 Aircraft Machine Gun. Tubular receiver with a wood rear cover and pistol grip. The breech is stamped with the Nagoya arsenal mark 18.7 (1943 July) and the serial number. It has a straight bar ...RELAWM35636
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Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun
Technology
Maker: Nippon Seikousyo
Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun. Plain air cooled barrel with a right side recoil piston assembly that makes the weapon look like it has two barrels. The right hand straight cocking lever is attached to ...RELAWM33504
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Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun
Technology
Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun. Plain air cooled barrel with a right side recoil piston assembly that makes the weapon look like it has two barrels. The right hand straight cocking lever is attached to ...RELAWM35626
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Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun
Technology
Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun. Plain air cooled barrel with a right side recoil piston assembly that makes the weapon look like it has two barrels. The right hand straight cocking lever is attached to ...RELAWM35664
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Type 99 No 3 Aircraft radio power unit generator (dynamotor)
Technology
The unit is a power unit for an aircraft radio set. 24 volt input and 600 volt high tension output. A similar unit is illustrated on P.314 of Handbook of Japanese Military Forces, 15 September 1944 ...REL/02145.002
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Type 89 Twin Aircraft Machine Guns on a Dual Mount
Technology
Type 89 Twin Aircraft Machine Guns on a dual mount. The twin air cooled barrels have fluted alloy jackets for half their length. It has twin pistol grips and two rear buffer pads that are missing the ...RELAWM29260