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| JAAF 61st Sentai |
Aircraft History Built by Mitsubishi. Delivered to the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) as Type 97 Heavy Bomber / Ki-21-Ia Sally manufacture number unknown. Likely, this bomber was manufacture number 251. Wartime History Assigned to the 61st Sentai (61st Flying Regiment). No known markings or tail code. During 1939, operated from western Manchukuo (Manchuria). Mission History This Ki-21 was shot down over Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia during the Nomonhan Incident / Battle of Khalkin Gol. Possibly, lost on June 27, 1939 when nine Ki-21 took off from Hailar Airfield led by Col Mikami on a bombing mission against Tamsagbulag (Tamsag). Alternately, lost June 30, 1939. Most likely, this was one of two Ki-21s lost September 15, 1939 that took off from Hailar Airfield on a bombing mission against Hamardaba. Wreckage This Sally crashed on the flat steppe. The wreckage included both engines and the burned out fuselage. Afterwards, Soviet and Mongolian soldiers were photographed at the crash site including Soviet leaders Komkor Georgy Zhukov and Air Force commander Yakov Smushkevich who were headquartered nearby. References Production Record for the Type 97 Heavy Bomber (Ki-21) (Sally) by James Long pages 1-2 Bataille Areriennes N°50 - Red Star versus Rising Sun, Nomonham Air Fighting p 33 (photos) Contribute
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