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  1. Aviation Art by Ron Cole

    Aviation Art by Ron Cole

    A few examples of my artwork. Always looking for input and ideas!
  2. Ie Shima island

    Ie Shima island

  3. Map of Japanese Empire in 1904

    Map of Japanese Empire in 1904

  4. Tora Tora Tora

    Tora Tora Tora

    Mt. Comfort ,Indiana the begining of the Tora Tora Tora tribute to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The view from way back by the beer tent , thanks to my wife for a different photo perspective. Not a bad picture for the camera she was using, an over the lens 110 instamatic.
  5. TORA TORA TORA

    TORA TORA TORA

    Japanese Aichi D3A (VAL) divebomber has taken a hit from ground fire, but will still drop it's bomb.
  6. TORA TORA TORA

    TORA TORA TORA

    A6M2 type21 Zero fighter going in for a strafing run
  7. Tora Tora Tora

    Tora Tora Tora

    While watching a stunt team preform ,This goes off in front of me. There is a Japanese Val divebomber almost invisible in the black pall of the explosion. The stunt team is gone and a voice on the loud speakers is screaming "This is no Drill Air attack PEARL HARBOR" Repeat "This...
  8. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

    Admiral Yamamoto watching Japanese zero fighters taking off for on a mission .
  9. Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

    Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

    Admiral Yamamoto waving his hat to pilots preparing to take off on a mission.
  10. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

    Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on a inspection and morale building trip of forward air bases possibly Raubul or Bougainville in very early 1943. Just a few short months before he would be ambushed and shot down and killed on a similar trip.
  11. Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero

    Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero

    A fully restored Japanese A6M5 Type 52 Zero-Sen single seat fighter. The plane is on display at the Japanese Naval Museum in Kanoya, Japan
  12. Japanese Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero

    Japanese Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero

    A6M5 Zero cockpit at the Naval Military Museum in Kanoya,Japan.
  13. Japanese J8M1 Shusui  test flight

    Japanese J8M1 Shusui test flight

    The preflight prep. going on prior to rocket ignition, of the first and only powered flight trial.
  14. Japanese J8M1 Shusui  test flight

    Japanese J8M1 Shusui test flight

    The first and only powered flight trials of the Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui (Sword Stroke) just about to get under way.It was a Lookalike to the Messerscmidt Me-163B Comet built by prints and photos from Germany. The original mock ups,engines and parts unfortunatley never made it to Japan do to...
  15. Japanese J8M1 Shusui  test flight

    Japanese J8M1 Shusui test flight

    The remains of the 1st powered flight trials in a hanger at Mitsubishi test facility's.
  16. J8M1 Shusui Crash landing

    J8M1 Shusui Crash landing

    Japanese J8M1 Shusui (Sword Stroke) experimental single jet engine interceptor shortly after it's first flight trial which ended in a crash and the test pilots death June7,1945.
  17. Japanese J8M1  Shusi / Sword Stroke

    Japanese J8M1 Shusi / Sword Stroke

    Japanese Navy attempt at a single engine jet interceptor fighter. Loosely based on designs of the famous German Messerschmidt Me-163 Comet. Airborne , but it would be short lived, in seconds it would crash after climbing and kill it's pilot.
  18. Japanese J8M1  Shusi / Sword Stroke

    Japanese J8M1 Shusi / Sword Stroke

    Japanese Navy attempt at a single engine jet interceptor fighter. Loosely based on designs of the famous German Messerschmidt Me-163 Comet. Taking off on own power for its only time.
  19. Japanese J8M1  Shusi / Sword Stroke

    Japanese J8M1 Shusi / Sword Stroke

    Japanese Navy attempt at a single engine jet interceptor fighter. Loosely based on designs of the famous German Messerschmidt Me-163 Comet.
  20. Japanese J8M1  Shusui / Sword Stroke

    Japanese J8M1 Shusui / Sword Stroke

    Japanese Navy attempt at a single engine jet interceptor fighter. Loosely based on designs of the famous German Messerschmidt Me-163 Comet.
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