18th Sentai

1 Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 01

1 Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 02

1 Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 03

Artwork Tony Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 0A

Profile: Ki-61-Kai 18th Sentai 2nd Chutai Chiba Japan August 1945
Ki-61-I-Kai-Hei Unit: 2nd chutai, 18th sentai Serial: unknown Chiba, Japan, August 1945.
Artist: © Richard Ward
Source: "Kawasaki Ki.61/Ki.100 Hien in Japanese Army Air Force Service" Compiled and written by Richard M.Bueschel, Aircam Aviation Series No.21, Osprey Publishing Limited, England, 1971. SBN 85045-026-8. Editional Office: P.O.Box 5, Canterbury, Kent, England

Artwork Tony Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 0B

Artwork Tony Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 0C

Artwork Tony Ki-61 18th Sentai 2nd Chutai Chiba Japan 1945 0A

Artwork Tony Ki-61 18th Sentai HQ Chutai 17 Philippines 1944 0A

Artwork Tony Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake White 83 Kofu Japan 1945 0A

Profile: Kawasaki Ki-61-I-Hei 18th Sentai 6th Shinten Kofu Japan 1945
Ki-61-I-Hei Unit: 18th sentai Serial: unknown Japan, 1945.
Artist: © Jerry Boucher
Source: SAM - Scale Aircraft Modelling Magazine, April 2007

Artwork Tony Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake White 83 Kofu Japan 1945 0B

Artwork Tony Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake White 83 Kofu Japan 1945 0C

Artwork Tony Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake White 83 Kofu Japan 1945 0D

Artwork Tony Ki-61-II 18th Sentai 3rd Chutai White 322 Chiba Japan 1945 0A

IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover - COD/CLOD skins - No 3d model at this stage
 
IL2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles (FB), Ace Expansion Pack (AEP), Pacific Fighters (PF), 1946 skins
IL2 game skin by IL2 FY Ki 61 I Hei 18 Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945

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IL2 game skin by GB Ki-61 18th Sentai HQ Chutai 17 Philippines 1944
IL2 game skin by GB Ki-61 18th Sentai HQ Chutai 17 Philippines 1944 V0A
IL2 game skin by GB Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945

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IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 NM
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 V0A
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61 18th Sentai HQ Chutai 17 Philippines 1944
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61 18th Sentai HQ Chutai 17 Philippines 1944 NM
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61 18th Sentai HQ Chutai 17 Philippines 1944 V0A
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945 NC
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945 NM
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945 V0A
IL2 game skin by HM Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945 V0B

  Historical skin of Ki-61-I-Hei - 1st chutai, 18th sentai 1st.Lt.Naoto Fukunaga. Java island, January 1944. Inscription at nose - 'tsurugi' (sword).
Historical skin of the Kawasaki Ki-61-I Hei 'Hien' flown by Lt. Mituso Oyake, 18th Hiko Sentai. Japan 1945
Historical skin of Ki-61-I-Hei Unit: 1st chutai, 18th sentai Serial: 17
HM _Harpia_Mafra55_ http://www.mission4today.com/

IL2 game skin by IF Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Dec 1944
IL2 game skin by IF Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Dec 1944 V0A

  Ki-61-I-Tei flown by 1st.Lt. Naoto Fukunaga, 18 Sentai Java, Dec.44. The hiragana on the front reads "tsurugi" (sword)
http://downloads.flightsimfiles.com/category/78/4 IF IFE Erik Thomann Finland

IL2 game skin by JI Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945
IL2 game skin by JI Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945 NC
IL2 game skin by JI Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945 V0A
IL2 game skin by JI Ki-61-I Hei 18th Sentai 6 Shinten R83 Mitsuyo Oyake Kofu Japan 1945

  JI Flown by 1st.Lt. Mitsuyo Oyake of the 18th Sentai based in Japan, January 1945. JI Jesters-Ink http://jesters-ink.flightsimfiles.com/

IL2 game skin by JP Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944
IL2 game skin by JP Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 V0A

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IL2 game skin by NN Ki-61 18th Sentai HQ Chutai 17 Philippines 1944

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IL2 game skin by ZR Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944
IL2 game skin by ZR Ki-61 18th Sentai 1st Chutai Naoto Fukunaga Java island Jan 1944 V0A

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    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air_groups_of_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero_operators
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze

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