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"Tsukuba Kokutai Fighter Squadron"Author & illustrator: Yoshino Yasutakao Pages: 176 Photos: 116 b/w Profiles: 40 Size: 21X26cm Published by: Dai Nippon Kaiga, March 6, 2025 |
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| Comments: In 2025, DNK released a new book dedicated to the fighter squadron of the Tsukuba Kokutai, written and illustrated by Yoshino Yasutaka. It's a well researched book with plenty of photos and material, especially interesting to modellers and historians focusing on aerial warfare in Japan during the war's final year. Unfortunately it's all in Japanese with no English whatsoever. Contents: Paint Schemes and Markings of Aircraft Belonging to the Tsukuba Kokutai Prologue: What is the Tsukuba Kokutai? Part 1: Naval Pilot Training Courses and Training Kokutai Part 2: Training Aircraft of the Tsukuba Kokutai: Zero Carrier-Based Fighter, Kawanishi "Shiden" Chapter 1: The Pursuit of the B-29. The first enemy the Tsukuba Kokutai engaged: the "B-29" Chapter 2: Fierce Battles with Enemy Carrier-Based Aircraft. The formidable foe that ran rampant over the Kanto region: the "F6F". Verification of the serial numbers and variants of the Zero fighters from the Tsukuba Kokutai Fighter Squadron that participated in the interception missions. Chapter 3: The Okinawa Air Campaign. Easier to handle than its menacing appearance suggests? The "F4U". Casualties from the Tsukuba Kokutai Fighter Squadron. Highly Recommended. Price: 39.00 $US (Postage not included) |
