Bombing of Wewak
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The Bombing of Wewak was a series of air raids by the USAAF Fifth Air Force, on 17–21 August 1943, against the major air base of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force on the mainland of New Guinea, at
13 August 1943, a pair of B-25 Mitchells bombs the Wewak area, in the lead-up to the devastating raids of 17 and 18 August.
Kawasaki Ki-61
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The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien is a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft. Used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, it was designated the "Army Type 3 Fighter". Allied intelligence initially believed
Bombing of Wewak
…aircraft replacements." Nevertheless, the planes included state-of-the-art fighters like the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ("Oscar"), the new in-line-engined Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien ("Tony"), and the twin-engined Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu ("Nick") ground attack/night fighter. During the U.S. and Australian Armies' Lae campaign, the…
Ki-61-I-Ko of the 37th Training Squadron stationed at Matsuyama Airfield,Taiwan. March 1944.
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien with drop tank
A captured Kawasaki Ki-61 fighter tested by the U.S. Navy Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River, Maryland (USA), in June 1945
Capt. Teruhiko Kobayashi's Ki-61 of the 244th Sentai