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Found the drawing of the Alpha 4A in this Russian site. The wings seem to be lengthened at the un-tapered center section. Hope this will help. https://www.airwar.ru/enc/cw1/alpha.html Jun in Tokyo

Mr. Lim's website, " Early Chinese Aircraft" is always very helpful when you are searching for information about the Chinese aircraft of the WW2 and before. http://cwlam2000.epizy.com/index.htm In Part 12 there is a detailed article about the 2 Northrop Alpha used in China. http://cwlam2000.epizy.com/cafx12.htm Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/

There is a photo of a Sea Fury, though it was revere printed, being catapulted from HMS Glory in the IWM photo collection. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205162873 Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/

According to "THE AIRMED FORCES OF THE GULF STATES, VOLUME 2: OMAN, 1921-2012" by Cliff Lord, all Omani Provosts wore a standard camouflage pattern in dark sea grey (BS381C/638, FS36173) and dark green (BS381C/641, FS34079) over, with undersides in high speed silver finish. Their armament consisted of 25-pounder bombs (four per wing) and 3-in HVAR unguided rockets (two per wing). There are a color profile and two B/W photos of the Omani Provost available in this book. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/

Here you go. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/

Blue Angels The U.S. Navy's Ambassadors by Bert Kinzey features a color profile of BuNo. 137955, along with BuNo. 128676. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/

The photo caption by the Air Force Museum of New Zealand exactly matches with the story of No. 50 Sentai told in "Japanese Army Fighter forces and Aces in World War II". According to the book, Captain Fujio Sakaguchi had been a commanding officer of the 1st Chutai of No. 50 Sentai from March 1941 to February 1942. He was killed in action on 24 January 1942, his Ki-27 was shot down when escorting the bombing raid of Mingaladon airfield by the 6 Ki-21s from No. 14 Sentai. The book also describes the unit colors as follows; 1st Chutai: Red, 2nd Chutai: Yellow and 3rd Chutai: White. A small letter on the rudder of his K-27 looks like 光 (Hikari), rather than そ (So) as mentioned by a color profile in Emblem of the Rising Sun, Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Unit Marking by Peter Scot. A photo of the No. 50 Sentai Ki-27 with a letter そ can be found on page 49 of Ki-27 'Nate' Aces and on page 41 of Famous Airplanes of the World No. 29 Army Type 97 Fighter. The former book does not mention the date, but describes the location as Philippines while Famous Airplanes of the World says the photo was taken at Moulmein in February 1942. This particular airframe was definitely not the same as Captain Sakaguchi's mount. Jun In Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/

Changed the links to the images, hope this will do. Jun

These are extracts from the Flight Manual of the C-130T, a Navy equivalent to the C-130H. I think the lighting systems of the C-130T and C-130H are the same except for the Pod and Hose Illumination Lights which are only on the navy version. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/

The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm by Ray Sturtivant and Theo Ballance published by Air Britain devotes 27 pages for Naval Aircraft Code Markings. This book is highly recommended. https://www.abebooks.com/Squadrons-Fleet-Air-Arm-Sturtivant-Ray/31215203193/bd Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/

A draft of the A5M1 Handling Manual can be downloaded from Japan Aeronautic Association's web page. https://www.aero.or.jp/isan/archive/sone-collection/A5M1_handling-mannual_provisional.pdf Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

There are some photos of the HAS. 5 in these books. https://www.amazon.com/Falklands-Air-War-R-Burden/dp/0853688427/ref=sr_1_69?crid=1QTFB6O62VDJ&keywords=falklands&qid=1693675107&s=books&sprefix=falklands%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C272&sr=1-69 https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Falklands-Naval-Forces-Men-At-Arms/dp/0850454921/ref=sr_1_73?crid=1QTFB6O62VDJ&keywords=falklands&qid=1693675107&s=books&sprefix=falklands%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C272&sr=1-73 Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918 by Owen Thetford has a basic 3-view drawing. https://www.amazon.co.jp/Aircraft-Royal-Putnams-British-aircraft/dp/0851778658 Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Post-war Lancaster Colour Schemes section of Avro Lancaster in Military Service 1945-1965 by Martin Derry and Neil Robinson describes as follows; Initially the Lancasters were painted in a factory-applied overall dark royal blue scheme with Aéronavale cocardes applied to all six positions, each narrowly outlined in yellow with a black anchor superimposed. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

The Flight Manual instructs to set the WING SWEEP MODE switch to BOMB (55 deg. sweep) after landing and then set the EMERGENCY WING SWEEP handle to OV SW (68 deg. sweep) finally move the EMERGENCY WING SWEEP handle full aft to 75 deg. Therefore, normal wing sweep in the parked position is 75 deg, but it can be changed if necessary. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/72157634239368919