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| IJN 121 Kōkūtai |
Aircraft History Built by Nakajima as the 16th C6N assembled. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as C6N1 Model 11 Saiun (Myrt) manufacture number 916. Wartime History Assigned to the 121 Kōkūtai (121 Air Group). Tail code 21-101. This Myrt was abandoned at Ushi Point Airifeld (North Field) on Tinian inside a hanger with the engine removed and the tip of the right horizontal stabilizer removed. The plane had a large external drop tank attached. Abandoned nearby was C6N1 Myrt Tail 21-103. Wreckage On July 26, 1944 captured by U.S. Marines at Ushi Point Airifeld (North Field) on Tinian inside a hanger. During late September 1944 or October 1, 1944 this Myrt was studied by a U.S. technical intelligence team that photographed the plane and noted the manufacture number as 916. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. Jim Long adds: "There were, however, apparently at least two Myrts captured at Tinian. They may both have been at the same airfield in the same hangar. The one had tail marking 21-103, while the this plane had 21-101. The latter is better known because several photos were taken of it while it was being examined by a technical intelligence team. Seventeen of these photos are in FAOW No. 82 (blue-cover series). The dates on the photo placards indicate that the TAIPOA team looked the Myrt over and photographed it at least from 28 September to 1 October 1944, probably longer that those few days. The Myrt in most of the seventeen photos of FAOW No. 82 was 21-101. Its manufacture number was 916, as can be seen on several of the photo placards. It didn't have an engine mounted, but did have the large external drop tank attached when it was first examined. A couple of the photos show 21-103 instead of 21-101, even though the caption material does not mention 21-103 anywhere." References FAOW No. 82 (blue-cover series) photos 28 September to 1 October 1944 Thanks to Jim Long and Jim Lansdale for additional information Contribute
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