Imperial Japanese Army and Navy – Night fighters
J1N1-Sa Gekko Model 11 Kou Unit: Yokosuka kokutai Serial: Yo-101 Pilot – Juzo Kuramolo; observer – ensign Shiro Kurotori. Yokosuka (Oppama) AB/Kanagawa, Japan. Early May 1945. In the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy there was no alternative to visual recognition, because until early 1944 neither service used any avionics apart from communications radio and DF loops. AI radar and IFF…
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