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F1M2 in June 1945, used by a Kamikaze unit.
Two damaged Mitsubishi F1M2 (Allied code name “Pete”) observation seaplanes beached at the former Japanese seaplane base at Rekata Bay on the northern end of Santa Isabel island in March 1944. The man standing on the float of the nearer aircraft is flight lieutenant J. Beattie, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Captured parts of an Indonesian “Pete”: Corporal Ralph Hayden and Leading Aircraftman Harry Pearce of No. 80 Squadron RAF amongst parts of a Mitsubishi F1M, bearing Indonesian markings, at an airfield and seaplane base in Surabaya (Soerabaja), Java, January 1946. In the background are Kawanishi N1K floatplanes.
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F1M1 over Rabaul
F1M2 in June 1945, used by a Kamikaze unit.
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