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December 4th 03, 08:16 PM
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I am thinking of Manchukuo and Thailand, among others perhaps, which were equipped with Japanese aircraft. Any facts on how these ended up there? I don't know, but I suspect they were sold. Of course they weren't front-line aircraft. The army I know provided Ki-27 "Nate" fighters to both those satellites. (Type 97 Army Fighter  More significantly, Japan turned over a sentai (group) of Nakajima Ki-43-IIB Hayabusa fighters to the Royal Thai air force in the spring of 1944. Richard Bueschel says that one squadron served in China under Japanese command. Several countires including France used captured Hayabusas postwar. all the best -- Dan Ford email: see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com 
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