Lukisan by Ian Wongkar
lukisan by Ian Wongkar
Ki-61 cockpit
IL2 1946 Kawasaki Ki 61 Hien 飛燕,
Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony - Hien - Swallow
29 mei 2014 dari website http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1862 ditemukan kit bikinan Brad Gaff dengan sedikit ceritanya dan lukisan Om Ian Wongkar
The end of WW2 pretty much
saw most of the empires of the world fall and the Dutch East Indies was no
different. Fueled by 3 years of occupation by the Japanese, who actively
encouraged nationalistic sentiments, Indonesia declared independence just two days
after the Japanese surrender on August 15th. The result would be a rather nasty
conflict that was rather unflattering for the Dutch, who eventually recognised
Indonesian Independence in December 1949.
There
were many Japanese aircraft left in Indonesia at the end of the war and as many
as possible were quickly snapped up by Indonesian forces, who managed to gather
a surprising amount of serviceable equipment. In early 1946, Dutch intelligence
reported 14 Ki-61s were operational with a further 4 unserviceable aircraft,
but it is thought that 6 aircraft were acquired with only 1 serviceable. The
Dutch called the Ki 61 'Mustang Jepang'; Japanese Mustang. They would have been
a formidable opponent for a Dutch Kittyhawk, less so for the Mustangs. Aside
from a period water colour painting upon which my model is based, this is all
the information known of these aircraft.
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien / Swallow / Tony dilaporkan ada di Lanud Bugis di
malang bersama dengan pesawat yangSemua (202) bentuknya "mirip Messerschmitt
Bf-110" (Ki-45 Toryu / Nick atau Ki-46-I/II Dinah?) - by Kaskus co id.
Peninggalanya tidak ada yang dapat kita lihat sd saat ini
Beberapa pabrikan mokit diantaranya Hasegawa membuat model kit 1/72 khusus dengan livery AURI
