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  Ki-48-II  Lily Manufacture Number 1398  
JAAF
? Hiko Sentai

Aircraft Histroy
Built by Kawasaki. True serial number 398. Delivered to the JAAF (JAAF) as Type 99 Light Bomber Kyu Kyu Sohkei / Ki-48 Lily manufacture number 1398.

Wartime History
Assigned to an unknown Sentai. This Lily crashed upside down in a swamp area on Cape Wom west of Wewak.

Wreckage
During 2004, this Lily was located by John Douglas and Gabriel Wintawa. The manufacture number stencil was visible on wreckage. Inside the bomb bay was a single 60kg aerial bomb.

References
Type 99 Light Bomber / Ki-48 Lily Production Figures by Jim Long
Thanks to John Douglas for additional information

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Last Updated
February 19, 2024

 

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