phantom II
Master at Arms
Betty Bomber takes to the skies again.
This group ( there's another picture ) were at found at the end of the war at Yokosuka AB .
There is a mixture of late Judie's Irving's and Bettie's and one lone Myrt .
The Myrt looks spotless with the Irving's looking pretty good.
The Betty's and the Judy's are looking pretty rough.
My best guess is
The Irving was produced for B-29 interceptions so I don't know how much flight time they actually got .
The Betty's ( which are late types ) flew on long distance raids which might accounts for some of that wear and tear .
I can't say why the Judy's look so beat up though .
Anyhow, I'm not convinced that the Japanese paint did all that well under the tropical skies and coral runways .
There's also the rumors of paint shortages , so they might not have received the prescribed paint coats late in the war. :idonno
Cheers, Christian B)
Those are beat up birds for sure Christian . Interesting how much chipping is evident on the Betty's but that Gekko seems to be in really good shape. Wonder if that is right after the end of the war.
This group ( there's another picture ) were at found at the end of the war at Yokosuka AB .
There is a mixture of late Judie's Irving's and Bettie's and one lone Myrt .
The Myrt looks spotless with the Irving's looking pretty good.
The Betty's and the Judy's are looking pretty rough.
My best guess is
The Irving was produced for B-29 interceptions so I don't know how much flight time they actually got .
The Betty's ( which are late types ) flew on long distance raids which might accounts for some of that wear and tear .
I can't say why the Judy's look so beat up though .
Anyhow, I'm not convinced that the Japanese paint did all that well under the tropical skies and coral runways .
There's also the rumors of paint shortages , so they might not have received the prescribed paint coats late in the war. :idonno
Cheers, Christian B)