16 Mar 1944: A Ki-43 Hayabusa1 crashed at Chiang Mai when its pilot apparently blacked out from a malfunctioning oxygen system. The pilot survived, but the plane was a total loss.
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| Item | Japanese | English3 |
| Date | 3月16日 | 16 Mar [1944] |
| Unit | 50 | 50th Sentai |
| Aircraft lost | 一式戦II型 | Type 1 Fighter Model 2 [Hayabusa Ki-43] |
| Pilot | 本門満男曹長 | Master Sgt Mitsuo Honmon |
| Location | チェンマイ | Chiang Mai |
| Shooter | 酸素供給不調で失神 | Fainting due to poor oxygen supply |
| Details | 不時着•全損•生還 | Crash landing•total loss •[pilot] survived |
No other information found.
| First published on Internet | ||
- Photo: http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2009/02/ki-43-iii-ko-colours-part-i.html; my ref: \02500 Tango\_Crash sites N TH for Tango\DETAIL SHEETS\J440316 Chiang Mai [J13]\KI-43 Hayabusa.jpg[↩]
- 梅本弘,ビルマ航空戦・ (東京:大日本印刷株, 2002) [Umemoto, Hiroshi, Air War in Burma, vol 2 (Tokyo: Dai Nippon, 2002)] [↩]
- Google translation[↩]