10 Jan 1942: two Ki‑30 light bombers of the 31st Sentai were destroyed on the ground at Mae Sot Airfield by Mingaladon-based RAF 67 Squadron Buffalo strafing.
References:
- Senshi Sosho 34:1
pp 592-606: awaits translation
- Umemoto:2
p 451, line 22
| Item | Japanese | English3 |
| Date | 1月10日 | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Unit | 3/31 | 31st Sentai, 3rd Chutai |
| Aircraft lost | 九七軽 | Ki-30 Light bomber |
| Pilot | 武捨伍長 | Corporal Takeshita |
| Location | メソド郊外 | Mae Sot |
| Shooter | エンジン故障•不時着67Sqnバッファロ—対地攻擎 | Engine failure/ emergency landing 67 Sqn Buffalo strafing |
| Details | 地上で炎上•人員無事 | On the ground • fire |
p 451, line 23
| Item | Japanese | English |
| Date | 1月10日 | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Unit | 3/31 | 31st Sentai, 3rd Chutai |
| Aircraft lost | 九七軽 | Ki-30 Light bomber |
| Pilot | 高橋誠一中尉 | Lt Seiichi Takahashi |
| Location | メソド郊外 | Mae Sot |
| Shooter | 67Sqnバッファロー対地攻擊 | 67 Sqn Buffalo ground attack |
| Details | 地上で炎上 旋回機銃で応戦中 西方曹長重傷 |
Burning on the ground Fighting back with swivel guns, Sergeant Major Nishi is seriously wounded |
p 50: [Umemoto appears to have skipped this event in his text]
- Shores, et al:4
Saturday, 10 January [1942]
Sqn Ldr Milward (in RD-A) led four Buffaloes (the others flown by Sgts Rutherford, Pedersen and Sadler) to attack Mesoht airfield in the morning, strafing troops seen in the area and claiming two single-engined aircraft destroyed on the airfield. These were undoubtedly two Ki-30 light bombers of the 31st Sentai, which the Japanese reported were burned during an attack by four fighters.
- Ford:5
Not covered, presumably because Flying Tigers were not involved.
- 戦史叢書, 南方進攻陸軍航空作戦, Vol 34
(東京: 防衛庁防衛研修所戦史室 (編集), 1970年)
Senshi Sosho, Southern Army Air Operations, vol 34
(Tokyo: Asagumo Shimbunsha, 1970) [↩] - 梅本弘,ビルマ航空戦・上 (東京:大日本印刷株, 2002) [Umemoto, Hiroshi, Air War in Burma, vol 1(Tokyo: Dai Nippon, 2002)] [↩]
- Google translation (typical) [↩]
- Shores, et al, Bloody Shambles, Vol 1 (London: Grub Street, 1992), p 255[↩]
- Ford, Daniel, Flying Tigers (Washington: Smithsonian, 2007) [↩]