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A New Saiun
Trotskiy’s Valentine’s Day gift (saiun762_v33) is a reissue of Tail Number 762-34, and aircraft of the 11th Recon Squadron, 762d Air Group, based at Kanoya in April 1945. This is one of the aircraft bearing the “Z-flag” on the fuselage and one cherry blossom marking near the forward cockpit.
The inscription at the top reads, ““Navy Carrier-borne Reconnaissance Aircraft [Kaigun Kanjo Teisatsuki] Saiun [Irridescent Cloud] Model 11, 762nd Naval Air Group [Kaigun Kokutai], 11th Reconnaissance Squadron [Teisatsuki 11 Hikotai], April 1945 [Showa Year 120], Kanoya Base.”
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