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Great choice, Chris! I'm looking forward to see more pictures.
I was curious about the markings of this airplane and did a quick research on it. The interesting thing I found was that the Kanjis and the numbers on this airplane does not represent the military unit this airplane belongs to, but what it means is this airplane was the 278th airplane that was donated to Japanese Navy from private sector. This particular airplane was donated from Osaka Gas company.
In a very patriotic mood after the Sino-Japanese war broke, people in Japan wanted do whatever that help win the war and literary thousands of airplanes were donated to Japanese Army and Navy. Sadly, at that time they were 100% sure they can win the war even against the United States.
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