P01097.022 Accession Number: P01097.022

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM O. FARRIOR, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, THE FIRST TEST PILOT OF THE TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE UNIT (TAIU) RUNNING UP THE ENGINE OF AN OSCAR PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT'S FIRST FLIGHT. THIS AIRCRAFT, A NAKAJIMA KI-H3-IB ARMY TYPE 1 FIGHTER HAYABUSA, WAS THE SECOND JAPANESE AIRCRAFT TO BE REBUILT AND FLOWN BY THE TAIU FROM HANGAR 7 AT EAGLE FARM AND CARRIES THE UNIT'S TAIL NUMBER XJ002. ALLIED CODE NAME FOR THIS AIRCRAFT IS OSCAR, ALTHOUGH IT WAS ALSO KNOWN A JIM IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATRE.

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Accession Number
P01097.022
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Paper (Resin-coated)
Date Made
c 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Mikesh
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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