Pacific Wrecks - G3M3 Model 23 Nell Manufacture Number 2282 Tail Number M-377

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G3M3 Model 23 Nell Manufacture Number 2282 Tail M-377

IJN
Mihoro Kōkūtai

Aircraft History
Built by Nakajima completed late July 1942. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 96 Land Based Attack Bomber Rikko / G3M3 Model 23 Nell manufacture number 2282.

Wartime History
Assigned to the Minhoro Kōkūtai (Minhoro Air Group). Tail code M-377. This Nell was abandoned on New Britain.

References
G3M production statistics, table 4, notes by Jim Long
Charles Darby noted the manufacture number and tail number

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June 20, 2022

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