Japanese Kamakaze Plane!

[cbarnard7]

Hi everyone,

Here is a picture I took at an Air-and-Sea Show in Panama City, FL a couple years back. I re-edited it to make it look a little aged. Let me know what you think! Thanks!

 

[SCraig]

I think that actually IS a Kate torpedo bomber. In most movies they used AT-6 Texans painted to look like Kates. Nice catch, not many of them around any more.

I'm undecided on the aging though. I think I like it but I'm not 100% sure

 

[cbarnard7]

I think that actually IS a Kate torpedo bomber. In most movies they used AT-6 Texans painted to look like Kates. Nice catch, not many of them around any more.

I'm undecided on the aging though. I think I like it but I'm not 100% sure

Thanks, SCraig! I'm a little undecided as well, but I wanted it to look "scarier" I guess, so I made it look a little smoky and dated (unsure if I achieved that or not!). And yes, I believe that is a Kate as well. I can see how the AT-6 can be similar, but if you look at the cockpit window, it is more similar to the Kate than the AT-6! My father-in-law is a ret. LT. Col in the Airforce and was a fighter pilot (he flew f-15/16, a-10, f-4..etc) and so during the show, Tyndall AFB opens a runway up to people to really get close and they did a simulated Pearl Harbor attack! Super scary with the sirens and all...very realistic.

 

[SCraig]

Thanks, SCraig! I'm a little undecided as well, but I wanted it to look "scarier" I guess, so I made it look a little smoky and dated (unsure if I achieved that or not!). And yes, I believe that is a Kate as well. I can see how the AT-6 can be similar, but if you look at the cockpit window, it is more similar to the Kate than the AT-6! My father-in-law is a ret. LT. Col in the Airforce and was a fighter pilot (he flew f-15/16, a-10, f-4..etc) and so during the show, Tyndall AFB opens a runway up to people to really get close and they did a simulated Pearl Harbor attack! Super scary with the sirens and all...very realistic.

Actually the greenhouse IS what I was looking at The AT-6 is more rounded at the rear than the Kate is, and the AT-6 has a prop spinner whereas the Kate doesn't. Admittedly I had to Google it since I'm not real familiar with the Japanese airplanes. I bet it was a cool show, I'd love to see something like that.

The more I look at your shot the better I like it. I think it looks realistic for the period and I guess that's what you were going for.

 

[runnah]

Nice catch, not many of them around any more.

Pretty good reason for that.

Jealous, I didn't make it to any air shows this summer and am super bummed. Good shot, aging is neat.

 

[cbarnard7]

Nice catch, not many of them around any more.

Pretty good reason for that.
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...I see what you did there. Thanks!

 

[goodguy]

Very ncie shot.

If I am not mistaken the plane the Japanese empire used for Kamikaze were the Mitsubishi Zero and not the Kate.

 

[runnah]

Very ncie shot.

If I am not mistaken the plane the Japanese empire used for Kamikaze were the Mitsubishi Zero and not the Kate.

They used what ever they could get their hands on really. Zero's, Lilys, kates, you name it.

 

[goodguy]

Very ncie shot.

If I am not mistaken the plane the Japanese empire used for Kamikaze were the Mitsubishi Zero and not the Kate.

They used what ever they could get their hands on really. Zero's, Lilys, kates, you name it.

It was my impression at the end they mostly used the Zero to use as flying bombs but considering the state they were toward the end of the war it makes perfect sense they used everything they could through against the inevitable American invasion to their mainland. .

 

[weepete]

I think you have achieved what you were looking for here, its a really good pic!

 

[cbarnard7]

Very ncie shot.

If I am not mistaken the plane the Japanese empire used for Kamikaze were the Mitsubishi Zero and not the Kate.

They used what ever they could get their hands on really. Zero's, Lilys, kates, you name it.

It was my impression at the end they mostly used the Zero to use as flying bombs but considering the state they were toward the end of the war it makes perfect sense they used everything they could through against the inevitable American invasion to their mainland. .

I do think it was a mad scramble to get to Hawaii for them and thus, they probably did use a whole mess of planes to try and get the job done! Sad day for Americans, but it did wake us up.

 

[goodguy]

They used what ever they could get their hands on really. Zero's, Lilys, kates, you name it.

It was my impression at the end they mostly used the Zero to use as flying bombs but considering the state they were toward the end of the war it makes perfect sense they used everything they could through against the inevitable American invasion to their mainland. .

I do think it was a mad scramble to get to Hawaii for them and thus, they probably did use a whole mess of planes to try and get the job done! Sad day for Americans, but it did wake us up.

Coming form outside North America my country calls the USA its best ally, I learned one thing-Always best is to have the US at your side, being on the US opposite side is not smart.
The Imperial Japan knew that they were on a collision course with the US and the chances America will be militarily involved against them was very high so they decided to get a pre-emotive strike, there biggest mistake or may I say bad luck was that all the US carriers were not in port and thus not harm.
Japan lost the control on the pacific mostly because of US carriers and of course the unbelievable courage of the US Marines.

 

[SCraig]

Japan lost the control on the pacific mostly because of US carriers and of course the unbelievable courage of the US Marines.

And the US Army, and the US Army Air Corps (not yet the US Air Force), and the US Navy. And everyone stateside who worked to provide the material that everyone needed. And everyone who bought War Bonds and lived with rationed gas, metal, silk, and everything else.

 

[Ilovemycam]

Nice

 

[goodguy]

Japan lost the control on the pacific mostly because of US carriers and of course the unbelievable courage of the US Marines.

And the US Army, and the US Army Air Corps (not yet the US Air Force), and the US Navy. And everyone stateside who worked to provide the material that everyone needed. And everyone who bought War Bonds and lived with rationed gas, metal, silk, and everything else.

Of course :hail: