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Aviation History
1941
1941 - 0516.PDF
MANCHUKUO TOKVO to SAN FRANCISCO 4:330 MILES • — AERODROMESA SEAPLANE STATIONS TOKYO AREA KURAGAVA OJIMA AKASUMICAURA TOKYO to5INGAP0B.E 3.S00 MILES f FLIGHT, February 2jth, 1941 NIPPON'S AIR POWER (Continued) J apariese-designed types ; they looked rather like the old French muUiplace de combat types with turrets sticking out everywhere, which had been built by Junkers. For naval and naval air matters, however, Britain was taken as the model. This choice of instructors, on the face of it, shows a certain sagacity of mind, but the subtle difference between a military and a martial nation is not realised. As a naval power, Japan would have done better to have followed our military outlook, because only Germany, with 80 millions of predatory sheep, can carry out German military strategy. Nippon has never been very communicative as to her internal affairs and, as she has been at w|r since 1937, she is now more secretive than ever. It? appears that CARRIER FIGHTER : The Navy 95type fleet fighter. Powered by a 550 h.p. supercharged Kotobuki(Bristol licence), the maximum speed is 214 m.p.h. It has a two-positiontwo-blade airscrew. Armament con- sists of two synchronised machine guns. RELATIVITY : A " Flight " copy-right map showing the position of most of the Japanese aerodromes and sea-plane stations. Mileages to San Francisco and Singapore are alsoindicated. the army, with its H.Q. in Tokyo, has, allowing for a normal expansion since the last rigures were available, some sixteen or so aviation regiments, each of four squadrons. This total of 64 squadrons is probably made up of one-third fighter and fighter-reconnaissance and two-thirds bomber and bomber-reconnaissance. Seven schools are rfrrirfded-i»4h€-arjriy aviation establishments, and these are located at the^otlCrwing places: Technical and Flying Training at Tojtorozawa"; Aerial Fighting at Akeno; Tactics and Reconnaissance at Shimoshizu ; Bombing at Hamamatsu^ Air-pilotage at Kumagi; Air Defence at Inagemachi /and a ttoys' training school, on the lines of our/Halton/ at Muta|/amamura. The naval afr service is credited with between 40 and ARMY TRAINING : For intermediate training the Tatikawa Type 95 isusei. Construction is mixed with wooden wings and a welded steel tube fuselage. Maximum speed 140 m.p.h. The engine is a nine cylinderradial of 350 h.p. with a Townend cowling ring. mr- lit
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