Various Erroneous Japanese Tail Markings

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All these markings are also drawn from wildly different service times, sometimes overlapping in the same carrier wing.

 

Nakajima A2N2

ニ・２８３

(Plane found on Houshou and Zuihou)

Kaga's tail marking.
 

Aichi D1A1

ニ・３０３
(Plane found on Zuihou)

Kaga's tail marking.

 

Nakajima B3N

ホ・３０４

(Plane found on Zuihou and Ryuujou)

Ryuujou's tail marking.

 

Nakajima A4N

ホ・１０７

(Plane found on Zuihou and Ryuujou)

Ryuujou's tail marking.

 

Aichi D1A2

ハ・３５７

(Plane found on Zuihou and Ryuujou)

Akagi's tail marking.

 

Aichi D3A1

ハ・３０５

(Plane found on Ryuujou and Hiryuu)

Akagi's tail marking.

 

Yokosuka B4Y

ハ・３２７

(Plane found on Ryuujou and Hiryuu)

Akagi's tail marking.

 

Mitsubishi A5M2

VII-１１１

(Plane found on Ryuujou and Hiryuu)

Souryuu's tail marking.

 

Nakajima B5N2

AI-３０１

(Plane found on Hiryuu and Shoukaku)

Akagi's tail marking.

 

Aichi D3A2

５３・２２９

(Plane found on Hiryuu and Shoukaku)

153rd land-based navy air group.

 

Mitsubishi A7M1

コ－A７－３

(Plane found on Shoukaku and Taihou)

Prototype at Misawa, Aomori air base.

 

Nakajima B6N2

ヒメ－３０２

(Plane found on Shoukaku and Taihou)

Himeji area defense land-based navy air group.

 

Yokosuka D4Y2

鷹－１３

(Plane found on Shoukaku and Taihou)

523rd land-based navy air group.

(This exact plane is restored and on display in Yasukuni Shrine, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo)

 

Aichi B7A

ヨ－２５１

(Plane found on Taihou and Hakuryuu)

Yokosuka area defense land-based navy air group.

 

Yokosuka D4Y3

６０１－４６

(Plane found on Taihou and Hakuryuu)

601st land-based navy air group. Allocated to Amagi and Unryuu, but never deployed.

 

edit:

Oh, move this to feedback, please. Sorry.

[SBS]

Maybe some of these markings are just placeholders (hope so). 

[OVanBruce]

Nice observations. You are doing God's job there +1

 

[Orlunu]

I believe that Phly Daily has a video on youtube which includes all of the carriers, inc Taiho and Taiho Kai, so you could have a look-see there.

 

'course, once you get to the Keiun and so on, they're such fantasy that the tail markings don't matter for squat.

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I tried that, but the image compression rendered the markings illegible.

 

Worst case is that I'll have to fill in the markings for Shoukaku today or tomorrow when I get Shoukaku.

Shoukaku added.
 

Taihou added.