P01097.034 Accession Number: P01097.034

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SERGEANT MARING P CLARK (KNOWN AS MP OR BUD), UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE (USAAF), STANDING BESIDE A JAPANESE NAKAJIMA KI-43 ARMY TYPE 1 HAYABUSA FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. SGT CLARK WAS A TECHNICIAN IN THE TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE UNIT (TAIU). THIS UNIT REBUILT CAPTURED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT AND THEN FLEW THEM FOR EVALUATION AGAINST ALLIED AIRCRAFT. THIS AIRCRAFT THE "RACOONS SPECIAL" HAS BEEN REBUILT BY THE TAIU IN THEIR FACILITY AT HANGAR 7.

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Accession Number
P01097.034
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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