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d3a1_val.zip 2024-05-16

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Thread starter Captain Kurt
Start date May 16, 2024

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May 16, 2024

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d3a1_val.zip - d3a1_val.zip

This machine was flown at Pearl Harbor but the names of the crew are unknown. Its tail code prefix of EI- and the vertical fuselage stripes denote that it was based on the carrier Shokaku. The horizontal black stripe on the tail indicates that it belonged to a section leader. Note that most of these section leader markings were NOT black, this is a rarity. The Japanese text found on the body of the aircraft is known as a Hokoku (Hokoku means Patriotism). The 525 indicates that it was the...