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Japanese airplane

A captured Japanese airplane in 1943 and an American pilot (who is noted to have supposedly died) in the CBI during WWII in 1943.
American and Chinese soldiers look over remains of a crashed Japanese airplane in the CBI during WWII. Image from U. S. Government official sources.
Robert Riese (right) and another GI check out derelict Japanese fighter plane at Liuzhou during WWII, in 1945.
Robert Riese (right) and another GI check out derelict Japanese fighter plane at Liuzhou during WWII, in 1945.
A wrecked Japanese airplane left at Liuzhou after the Japanese retreat after Ichigo. See GIs inspecting this plane here.