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During the First Shanghai Incident of 1932 the 3rd Independent Chutai, part of the 1st Hiko Rentai based in Kakamigahara, was assigned to Kunda Airfield in Shanghai in early February 1932, when this video was taken. Some beautiful views of the Type Otsu...

A bunch of seaplanes found in badly damaged condition at Imajuku, Fukuoka Prefecture, at the end of the war. They are Kawanishi N1K "Kyofu" (Rex) and Mitsubishi F1M (Pete) seaplanes. Only the tail markings on a couple "Petes" are visible and they show...

The Aikoku (Donation) ceremony took place on June 26, 1932, at Kyoto's Fukakusa Drill Grounds. The citizens of Kyoto gathered enough funds to donate a variety of military hardware including one Nakajima Type 91 Army Fighter which received the aikoku...

The hokoku ceremony featured in the short clip took place also in Haneda Airport but on October 30, 1937. A total of nine aircraft were "named": three Yokosuka B4Y "Jean" that received hokoku numbers #123 and #124 that were donated by the ship owners...

The Hokoku (donation) ceremony was held on March 17, 1938, at Tokyo's Haneda Airfield. Two Mitsubishi A5M2bs with hokoku numbers #185 and #205 were donated by the "Great Japan Youth Group". Also, two Nakajima E8N "Dave" seaplanes with hokoku numbers...