[PDelaney]

Hi

If anyone is interested I came across a collection of 106 photographs of Japanese Kawasaki Hien pilots and, in some cases, what appears to be their families / girlfriends posing with their aircraft. I haven't cross-referenced the markings on the planes to identify their unit but I've never seen pictures quite like these before. Shoki's and Hayate's are also shown in some of the photographs.

They are all from this site:

http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~s244f/

I collected them by adding "phot1.jpg" to "phot117.jpg" (without the quotes) to the end of the above URL


This is a sample:



I've uploaded them to here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/182217723/hien.zip.html

(let me know if it expires and I'll upload it again)

[chas1963]

The web-site is sort'a well known among students of IJA history...it is dedicated to the Sentai 244 which was based in Chofu and protected the greater Tokyo area. The 244 was home of the famous pilot Kobayashi who's many airplanes have become among the most popular skins for the Kawasaki Hein...

[Guest]

yup also know this site.244 was one of the most famous IJAAF squadrons,led by youngest commander in IJAAF Teruhiko Kobayashi.Here are skins for 244 Hiens by GregBoyington top art...

http://www.freewebs.com/gregboyington/ijaafki61.htm

[PDelaney]

Doh :oops:

I thought I'd found something unique...

I use Greg Boyington's Kobayashi skins and didn't realise that the site with the photographs was probably his source...

Thanks for the info and for being kind :wink: