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[Illaveago]

I did!

 

[Illaveago]

I agree that the picture does show some similarities with the Blenheim or Beaufighter but it doesn't explain what looks like a stepped wing. If you draw a straight line from the leading edge of wing through the engine and try to match it with the surviving inner section they do not line up.
If the picture is / was a Blenheim lying on its back the exhaust pipe should be showing on the outer side of the nacelle.
The framework shape that is showing in the centre of the picture looks interesting.

 

[MikeG]

When it comes to planes I am more interested in utility than numbers. However, after a lifetime of using just a number 4, yesterday I bought a number 5 1/2 "Jack Plane", and look forward to sharpening it and fettling the................oh...................I see........................not that sort of plane. I'll just be over there, with my mates------>

 

[classic33]

When it comes to planes I am more interested in utility than numbers. However, after a lifetime of using just a number 4, yesterday I bought a number 5 1/2 "Jack Plane", and look forward to sharpening it and fettling the................oh...................I see........................not that sort of plane. I'll just be over there, with my mates------>

I've Jack Rebate planes.

 

[Illaveago]

Has anyone got an aircraft identification chart of the Eastern Theatre for WW2 ? It might show silhouettes of the different plane types.

 

[ozboz]

Id go with the Jap theory, the insignia on the wing is the giveaway , possibly a Betty as already stated in earlier post

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Kawasaki Ki-48?

Although the nose glazing seems too big on reflection, but it does have the parallel bars.

 

[Drago]

The engine nacelles on that model match the photo exactly, right down to the small intakes at the top, so I'm going with the Kwaka.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Kawasaki Ki-48?
View attachment 429509

Although the nose glazing seems too big on reflection, but it does have the parallel bars.

Yup.

Here it is on the same airfield

 

[DaveReading]

"Hi, and welcome! Thanks for stopping by. You are looking at a non-original 4x6 photograph printed on FujiFilm Crystal Archive chemical emulsion paper depicting a Japanese Army Air Force Kawasaki Ki-48 Lilly bomber wreck at Naha Airfield, Okinawa in the spring of 1945. "

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-K...vip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720

 

[ozboz]

That looks like a direct hit !
Or maybe the Nips destroyed it ,

 

[Illaveago]

"Hi, and welcome! Thanks for stopping by. You are looking at a non-original 4x6 photograph printed on FujiFilm Crystal Archive chemical emulsion paper depicting a Japanese Army Air Force Kawasaki Ki-48 Lilly bomber wreck at Naha Airfield, Okinawa in the spring of 1945. "

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-K...vip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720

View attachment 429516

That is a much clearer picture.

 

[Nigeyy]

Wow, well done, I really think that's it!

Kawasaki Ki-48?
View attachment 429509

Although the nose glazing seems too big on reflection, but it does have the parallel bars.

 

[Nigeyy]

Aaar, and there I thought I'd got an original photo! At least it might be worth $5.99

"Hi, and welcome! Thanks for stopping by. You are looking at a non-original 4x6 photograph printed on FujiFilm Crystal Archive chemical emulsion paper depicting a Japanese Army Air Force Kawasaki Ki-48 Lilly bomber wreck at Naha Airfield, Okinawa in the spring of 1945. "

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-K...vip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720

 

[Illaveago]

Is it me ? I was just watching the F35's taking off from the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. As they were accelerating along the deck they have a gert big air intake door / airbrake wide open!