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Aircraft History Built by Kawasaki at Kagamigahara. Delivered to the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) as Type 3 Fighter / Ki-61-Ia Tony manufacture number unknown (three digit). Uncoded serial number unknown (three digit). Likely, armed with the "Ko" weapon configuration of two 12.7mm Ho-103 machine cannons in the nose and two 7.7 mm Type 89 machine guns in the wings. Wartime History Assigned to the 68th Sentai or 78th Sentai. No known markings. Mission History This aircraft crashed to the north of Goroka. The pilot was killed in crash. Wreckage During the early 1980s, the crash site was discovered by local people. The aircraft was reported as a Ki-61 Tony, but never confirmed from photographs. At the time, they cleared the bush from the area of hopes of making it into a tourist site. Whereabouts today unknown. Contribute
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