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Aircraft History Built by Kawasaki. True serial number 34. Delivered to the Japanese Army Air Force (JA AF) as Type 99 Light Bomber Kyu Kyu Sohkei / Ki-48-I Lily Manufacture Number 534. Wartime History Assigned to the 45th Hiko Sentai (45th Flying Regiment). No known tail code or markings. The rear fuselage had a white vertical stripe between the tail and fuselage Hinomaru. This Lily was first flown to Yokosuka them embarked aboard an aircraft carrier and transported to Truk then in early January 1943 flown off the carrier to Rapopo Airfield then flown to Munda Airfield to support Operation Ke-Go the Japanese evacuations of Guadalcanal. While operating from Munda Airfield likely damaged by U.S. air raids or shore bombardments and was abandoned. Wreckage On August 5, 1943 captured by the U.S. Army at Munda Airfield. This aircraft was captured largely intact, with the tail rudder fabric missing. Afterwards, studied by Technical Air Intelligence Unit (TAIU) personnel who noted this Lily as manufacture number 534 and estimated the assembly date as January 1942. Likely, this aircraft was Ki-48 (Square Hinomaru) or Ki-48 Lily (White Stripe). This Lily was one of the five surveyed with manufacture numbers 205, 387, 442, 479 or 534. Ultimate fate of this aircraft is unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. Parts of the bomber were recovered including a rib from the left wing, piece of main spar and fuel tank cover. The recovered pieces were transported to the United States for metallurgical tests. Jim Long adds: "The metallurgical testing was written up in TAIC Report #27, January 1944. Pieces of three different planes were reported on in this one document in an unsatisfactory way." References Type 99 Light Bomber / Ki-48 Lily Production Figures by Jim Long Captured Enemy Aircraft Report No. 17 (CEAR #17) mentions Ki-48 Lily 534 TAIC Report No. 27 January 1944 mentions Ki-48 Lily 534 Thanks to Jim Long and Richard Dunn for additional information Contribute
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