14 Jan 1942: a large unidentified IJAAF aircraft taxying prior to takeoff from Mae Sot Airfield,1 was strafed by Mingaladon-based RAF 67 Squadron Buffalos causing it to explode. No information is available on the IJAAF crew.
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- Senshi Sosho 34:2
No listing
- Umemoto:3
no listing
- Shores, et al:4
. . . Next day [14 Jan 1942] Flt Lt Pinckney (W8239) and two others flew to Mesoht airfield, where a large aircraft — identified as a Ju52 (sic) — was seen taxying prior to take-off. Following Pinckney’s attack, it exploded in flames.
- Ford:5
Ford does not cover the event, presumably because Flying Tigers were not involved.
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- N16°42.06 E98°32.54[↩]
- 戦史叢書, 南方進攻陸軍航空作戦, Vol 34 (東京: 防衛庁防衛研修所戦史室 (編集), 1970年) [Senshi Sosho, Southern Army Air Operations, vol 34 (Tokyo: Asagumo Shimbunsha, 1970)] [↩]
- 梅本弘,ビルマ航空戦・上 (東京:大日本印刷株, 2002) [Umemoto, Hiroshi, Air War in Burma, vol 1(Tokyo: Dai Nippon, 2002)] [↩]
- Shores, et al, Bloody Shambles, Vol 1 (London: Grub Street, 1992), p 256[↩]
- Ford, Daniel, Flying Tigers (Washington: Smithsonian, 2007) [↩]