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Australian
& New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials & History
RAAF Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (Helen)
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Captured Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (Helen) Image Gallery
| RAAF Serial | Original Serial | c/n | Type | Aircraft History |
| Nil | ? | ? | Nakajima Ki-49 |
09/09/1945 Morotai, this
Japanese Nakajima Ki-49, Army Type 100 heavy bomber, allied code
name "Helen", taxiing after landing on the Pitoe airstrip
carrying some of the staff of the commander of the Second
Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Fusataro Teshima. As the
Japanese were short of serviceable aircraft General Teshima
arrived from Pinrang in an RAAF C47 to surrender the Japanese
Second Army to General Sir Thomas Blamey. The Japanese aircraft
has been painted white and carries green crosses, denoting that
it carries surrender emissaries.
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