Description: Offered by Over The Blue Horizon is a great pictorial book from Japan: “Imperial Japanese Army Air Units Battlefield Photograph Collection”. Published in 2004, this very well-done softcover presents over 200 photographs of Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF) aircraft, all with fascinating detail and all on the ground – no air-to-air shots. The photographs have been carefully selected to show some aspect of the aircraft, aircrew, or equipment that might be of some use to diorama buffs, aviation historians and advanced model builders. The huge bonus is that each of the photographs has perfect English-language caption! Here’s an example of such a caption: “Ammo being loaded into a Shoki Model 2 Koh of the 246th Air Group, responsible for the air defense in the Kansai Region (Osaka, Kyoto, etc). The crewman on the ground is loading 12.7mm ammo, while the man on the wing holds 7.7mm rounds for the nose guns". The book is divided into the following chapters: Chapter 1: The Good Ol’ Days – covers IJAAF Aviation up until the mid-1930’s Chapter 2: Baptism of Fire – China and Vietnam prior to Attack on Pearl Harbor Chapter 3: Asian Storm – Post-attack on Pearl Harbor Chapter 4: Skies of the Homeland – 1944 and 1945 Home Defense Chapter 5: Experimental Wings – Experimental and Prototype aircraft In addition to the chronological presentation of the 200+ well-selected b/w photographs, the book also features sections on armament, ground equipment, and 16 pages of color profiles and drawings -- absolutely perfect for the advanced diorama modeller. This 8.25 x 10.25 inch softcover is 117 pages long and condition is VERY GOOD bordering on LIKE NEW. Note that Over the Blue Horizon ships from the USA with FREE United States Postal Service (USPS) PRIORITY shipping to USA buyers! eBay charges sales tax for certain states; Over the Blue Horizon charges Hawaii residents state general excise tax. Your purchase will be carefully wrapped to ensure that it arrives in the same condition as described in the eBay listing. If you are not happy with your purchase for whatever reason, we will work something out -- your satisfaction is GUARANTEED. Regardless of where you are in the world, buy with confidence from a well-established eBay merchant with a sterling reputation and an exceptionally high customer satisfaction rate.
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Location: Kailua, Hawaii
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Book Title: Imperial Japanese Army Air Sites Battlefield Photo Collection
Title: IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR UNITS BATTLEFIELD PHOTO
Publisher: DAI NIPPON KAIGA
Subject: IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Illustrated Book
Format: SOFTCOVER
Language: Japanese w/EnglishLanguage Photo Captions
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Unknown
Topic: BATTLEFIELD PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Subjects: History & Military
