Warplanes of Japan: Transported to the USA on the USS Barnes (CVE-20), Oct-Nov 1945

Japanese warplanes onboard the USS Barnes (CVE-20)

These aircraft are being transported to the USA for evaluation just after the war from Yokosuka, Japan in late October and early November, 1945.

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Japanese warplanes that were transported to the USA for evaluation just after the war from Yokosuka, Japan in late October and early November, 1945.  Aircraft on board the USS Barnes (CVE-20) during its transit to Norfolk via Alameda and the Panama Canal include: Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai Model 21 "George", Kawasaki Ki-48, Kawasaki Ki-102 "Randy", Kyushu Q1W "Lorna", Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke", Mitsubishi Ki-46 "Dinah", Nakajima C6N1 Saiun "Myrt", Nakajima J5N1 Tenrai prototype (no Allied reporting name), Yokosuka P1Y1 "Ginga" and Yokosuka D4YSuisei (Comet) "Judy".

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Tachikawa Ki-77 being shipped to the United States aboard the carrier USS Bogue from Yokosuka in December 1945.  It arrived at Alameda, California on 8 January 1946, where it was examined before being scrapped.

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