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  D3A2 Model 22 Val Manufacture Number 3170  
IJN
? Kokutai

Aircraft History
Built by Aichi, completed during late March, 1943. Uncoded serial number 170. At the factory, painted with dark green upper surfaces and gray lower surfaces. The leading edge of the wing had a yellow identification stripe. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 99 Dive Bomber Ku Ku Kamba (Kanbaku) / D3A2 Model 22 Val manufacture number 3170.

Wartime History
This Val crashed on New Ireland.

References
"Serial Number & Production Sequence D3A2 Carrier Bombers" by Jim Long
Charles Darby visited this site in the early 1970s

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Last Updated
March 9, 2023

 

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