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  J1N1-S Irving Manufacture Number ? Tail Number 21-65
IJN
321 Kōkūtai

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c1944

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c1944 via Jim Lansdale

Aircraft History
Built by Nakajima. Uncoded serial number unknown. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 2 Land Based Reconnaissance Aircraft Gekko / J1N1-C Irving manufacture number unknown.

Wartime History
This Irving force landed at Peleliu Airfield. Afterwards, the force landed Irving was photograhped by the Japanese from the front showing a pair of drop tanks nearby and from the side with tail number 21-65 visible. After the American landing on Peleliu, the photographs were captured and receieved by U.S. intelligence on October 4, 1944. Ultimate fate of the aircraft is unknown likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared.

References
Thanks to Jim Lansdale for additional information

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November 15, 2021

 

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