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Aircraft History Built by Mitsubishi. Delivered to the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) as Type 97 Heavy Bomber / Ki-21 Sally manufacture number 4403. Wartime History Assigned to an unknown unit. No known markings. The precise history of this bomber is unknown other than it was abandoned and likely destroyed while parked at Alexishafen Airfield. Likely, assigned to the 14th Hiko Sentai (14th Flying Regiment). Possibly, one of three that landed November 7, 1943 returning from a bombing mission against Nadzab Airfield and was destroyed on the ground two or three days later by B-25 Mitchells from 38th Bomb Group (38th BG). Wreckage On April 26, 1944 Australian Army troops captured Alexishafen Airfield including this bomber. On June 28, 1944 a team from Air Technical Intelligence Unit (ATIU) surveyed wreckage noting most were damaged by bombing and strafing. Until the early 1970s, wreckage from this Sally remained in situ at Alexishafen Airfield. Manufacture number 4403 was noted on the wreckage by Charles Darby. The tail appeared to have two dark horizontal stripes on the right side, possibly a portion of the motif of the 14th Sentai or other markings that faded away and preserved the green paint below. Sometime after 1974, the remains were scrapped or otherwise disappeared. References Production Record for the Type 97 Heavy Bomber (Ki-21) (Sally) by James Long page 3 Emblems of the Rising Sun page 20 (14th Sentai) 248th Hiko Sentai: A Japanese “Hard luck” Fighter Unit, part 2 Thanks to Charles Darby for manufacture number and Richard Dunn for November 7-10, 1943 mission history Contribute
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