Re: A/C similar to Japanese wartime aircraft "Hickory Model 1"

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:02:51 +0100, "Keith W"
<keithspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Primarily used as a recon bird it was a fast (375 mph) high flying
twin engine aircraft that was able to operate with impunity
over Australia until the Spitfire V's arrived as P-40's
simply couldnt catch it.

Bill Bartling of the AVG shot down a Ki-46 near Kunming; it was
intercepted by three P-40s at 18,000 feet and all of them took runs on
it. The plane was from the 18th Independent Chutai in Hanoi, flown by
Capt. Takeuchi Hideharu, a loss confirmed in Japanese records.

But I've never heard the Ki-46 mentioned in connection with hickory,
and it wasn't a model 1 if that refers to its year of adoption.

(Nor have I ever heard of a Japanese plane called Hickory!)



-- all the best, Dan Ford

email: usenet AT danford DOT net

Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com
.