JAAF
68th Sentai
or 78th Sentai

Ray Fairfield 1972

via PNG Museum 1972
Classic Jets 1999

Aircraft History
Built by Kawasaki in May 1943, with "Kou" armament of 2 x 12.7mm fuselage; 2 x 7.7mm wings. 

Mission History
Made a wheels up landing at Alexishafen Airstrip.

Wreckage
Remained at Alexishafen Airstrip until the early 1970s.

Ray Fairfield recalls:
"You can just see the rectangular hole on the starboard side of the fuselage, just below the windscreen framing.  [This wreck was located on the north side of the runway] positioned towards the western end of the strip, if I'm right."

Recovery
It was dismantled for recovery in the early 1970's but never collected. In August of 1999, only the cockpit section remained. It was removed by Robert Jarrett / Classic Jet Fighter Museum and exported to Australia.

Display
Displayed at Classic Jet Fighter Museum, in 2006 it was moved to Precision Aerospace.

References
Pacific Aircraft Wrecks page 13 (middle), page 42
Thanks to Jim Long for manufacture data.

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