ADF Serials-Sally

RAAF Serial	Original Serial	c/n	Type	Aircraft History
Nil	?	?	Ki-21 IIA	The plane is a Mitsubishi Ki-21-IIa of the Headquarters Flight of the 3rd Kokugan (Ref Putnam, pg 160). It was surrendered to the Allies around Oct 1945 at Moratai carrying Lieutenant-General Ichi, Supreme Commander of the Japanese forces in the Celebes (Ref AWM P02270.025, OG3743, P03033.004, P03033.005). At some stage the plane appears to have transitted to Labuan, North Borneo. (Ref OG3743) The plane was flown out from Labuan to Laverton on 1 Feb 1946 and had arrived at Laverton by 8 Feb 1946. The crew were: Flt Lt Mal Baker (Captain) Test Pilot at No 81 Wing RAAF Labuan, Warrant Off Fred Pitts, Flt Lt Dai Walthurst DFC (Navigator), Flt Sgt Derrick Hosking, LAC Norm Hill, LAC Arthur Barr. (AWM OG3743). The plane was nicknamed 'Tokyo Rose' by the crew returning her to Australia. The plane is reputed to have made 5 raids on Darwin. It was also noted at Tocumwal in the 1950's. The plane ended up at the AWM collection in Nov 1954 (AWM P04425.005) and was at RAAF Fairbairn in 1955 (P02270.023, P02270.024). The plane was reported to be scrapped in the1960's (AWM 92948.096) There are numerous photos on the AWM site - search for 'Sally' and Ki.21..