Two Japanese aircraft at Labuan Airstrip. The Mitsubishi Ki.21 heavy bomber aircraft (Allied code ...

Two Japanese aircraft at Labuan Airstrip. The Mitsubishi Ki.21 heavy bomber aircraft (Allied code name 'Sally') (left) has been painted white with a green surrender cross, and was used to transport Japanese prisoners for trial between Borneo and Labuan. This aircraft was probably the Sally which was flown to Australia in February 1946, having been nicknamed 'Tokyo Rose'. The Tachikawa Ki.54 transport aircraft (Allied code name 'Hickory') (right) retains its original campouflage, but has had its hinomoru marking - the Japanese red roundel - over-painted with a white surrender cross. It has also had white surrender crosses applied to its wings, outboard of the hinomaru. The Hickory was used to fly Lieutenant General Masao Baba, Commander of the Japanese 37th Army and Supreme Commander of the Japanese Forces in Borneo to surrender at Labuan. The furselage of the Hickory is preserved in the collection of the AWM.