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  G4M1 Model 11 Betty Manufacture Number  3697  
IJN
? Kokutai

Aircraft History
Built by Mitsubishi at Nagoya No. 3 Works during March or April 1943. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Assigned to an unknown Kokutai.

Wreckage
Abandoned on Ballale Airfield.

Wreckage
Charles Darby recalls from 1972:
"Still had its rear fuselage attached (crushed by a British bulldozer when they re-opened the strip but missed its original alignment) and also the badly wrecked left wing was still attached."

References
Air'Tell Research Report "G4M Serial Numbers" by Jim Long
Charles Darby noted Manufacture Number in 1974

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Last Updated
November 9, 2019

 

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