(JAPAN -- AVIATION.) Small archive relating to Japanese
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(JAPAN -- AVIATION.) Small archive relating to Japanese Kamikaze pilots. Japan, early 1940's
* Printed map of the Pacific Theater with 126 numbered air battles and engagements. 16½x23 inches; heavily annotated in pencil, original folds, small stains.
* Manuscript flight manual and notebook including several hand-drawn diagrams and an albumen pilot portrait. 8x6 inches, cloth-backed notebook, minor wear.
* Large silk Japanese flag with manuscript lettering. 23x36 inches, sewn ties at right corners, folded but no real faults. Some of the more notable hand-lettered kanji translates: "Kamikaze Tokkotai (Kamikaze Unit)", "Beigeki (Attack America)", and "Kesshi Totsugeki (Attack and Destroy)".
* Printed map of the Pacific Theater with 126 numbered air battles and engagements. 16½x23 inches; heavily annotated in pencil, original folds, small stains.
* Manuscript flight manual and notebook including several hand-drawn diagrams and an albumen pilot portrait. 8x6 inches, cloth-backed notebook, minor wear.
* Large silk Japanese flag with manuscript lettering. 23x36 inches, sewn ties at right corners, folded but no real faults. Some of the more notable hand-lettered kanji translates: "Kamikaze Tokkotai (Kamikaze Unit)", "Beigeki (Attack America)", and "Kesshi Totsugeki (Attack and Destroy)".
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(JAPAN -- AVIATION.) Small archive relating to Japanese
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