• Aircraft:

  Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa

• Reg: ZK-OSC photos
• Serial #:

  750

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: Mar 31, 1996
• Uploaded: May 22, 2016
• Wanaka - NZWF, New Zealand

'This former Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Ki-43 Hayabusa Oscar was Built by Nakajima at Ota Japan during November 1942. (Ident was: Uncoded Serial Number 650, Construction Number 750.) Assigned to the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF). Assigned to the 11th Sentai on Truk Island, and then to Rabaul in New Guinea. (No known markings or tail code.) In 1962 sold to Mr Sid Marshall who stored it in his hanger at Bankstown Airfield NSW. By 1996, the Oscar was externally restored and capable of taxing on the ground. At the 1996 Warbirds over Wanaka Air Show, the Oscar taxied for the first time since 1945. Registered in New Zealand as ZK-OSC.’ (Ref: Wikipedia). Close-cropped rear Stbd view of the Oscar, taxying at Wanaka after a ‘historic 51 year hiatus’, during April 1996. Low Res photo.

Photographer

Aircraft

This former Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Ki-43 Hayabusa Oscar Cn 750 was Built by Nakajima at Ota Japan during November 1942

Wal Nelowkin ZK-OSC

6,211 0 0 Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa

Photo location

HERC 01 about to taxi out for its display for Warbirds over Wanaka

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JoshTelfer ZK-PLT

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Photographer

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Wal Nelowkin MM55024

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Wal Nelowkin 84-0025

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