JAAF
77th Sentai
via PNG Museum 1972
Aircraft History
Uncode serial number 807. Built by Nakajima in August 1943. Vestiges
of 77th Sentai markings exisited on the tail into the 1970's, and a fuselage
band.
Wartime History
Destroyed on the ground and abandoned at Alexishafen Airfield.
Wreckage
Empenange of the aircraft only remaned in the early 1970s. The
skin was corroded from grass fires.
No information
on the wereabouts of this wreckage today, if recovered, scraped
or otherwise removed.
References
Pacific Aircraft Wrecks pages 28, 63
Thanks to Jim Long for Ki-43 production data.
Ki-43
