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  D5Y3 Model 33 Judy Manufacture Number 3957 Tail 33 (S16)
IJN
? Kōkūtai

Aircraft History
Built by Yokosuka. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 2 Carrier Recon-Dive Bomber Suisei / D5Y3 Model 33 (Judy) manufacture number 3957.

Wartime History
Assigned to an unknown Kōkūtai (Air Group). Tail 33 (S16). By January 1945, abandoned at Clark Field.

Wreckage
By late January 1945 captured by the U.S. Army at at Clark Field. This Judy was selected as the best model from which to build a flying example for testing, because it was not badly damaged nor badly souvenired. Rebuilt over several months by TAIU, it was stripped to all silver with tail code S16 applied.

References
Made In Japan... Tested in America!" by Robert Mikesh Air Power Magazine July 1982, Vol 12 No. 4.
Thanks to Jim Long for manufacture number

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Last Updated
September 8, 2024

 

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