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Mitsubishi G4M Betty

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: G4M code 52-023 of 752nd Kokutai Kwajalein Atoll

: G4M wreck in Marshall Islands 1944

: G4Ms and A6M5 of 761st Kokutai Peleliu 1944

: VF-17 gun camera: G4M2 carries MXY7 Ohka May 1945 2

: Wreck of G4M Cape Gloucester December 1943

: G4M crew 2

: Betty on Lae Airdrome 18 January 1943

: White Captured G4M Kisarazu airfield September 1945

: Marines from the 2nd Marine Division passing the wreck of a G4M Betty on a Tinian airfield in July 1944

: G4M engine maintenance 1943

: Marines from the 2nd Marine Division passing the wreck of a G4M Betty on a Tinian airfield in July 1944 2

: G4M of the Yokosuka Kokutai in Japan 1945

: G4M of 761st Kokutai Peleliu 1944 2

: G4M1 cockpit

: Loading a Type 91 torpedo into the bomb bay of a G4M model 11 December 1943

: G4M2a test Flown by USAAF Clark Field 1945

: G4M and M5 Stuart on Saipan June 1944

: G4M under attack by U.S. Nnavy Aircraft

: VF-17 gun camera G4M carries MXY7 Ohka May 1945

: G4M model 11 warming up for a mission somewhere in the Pacific

: U.S. Troops inspect wreckage of G6M1-L P-911 at Lae

: Betty bombers of 3rd Chutai, 752 Kokutai under attack. Roi Kwajalein February 1944

: G4M bomber leaving smoke trails

: G4M1 coded Z2-313 of 751 Kokutai in flight, 1943

: Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber in TAIU

: Wreckage of Japanese G4M1 Betty ‘336’ from 705 Kokutai June 1943

: Mitsubishi G4M Betty 1945

: Parachute bombs are dropping from low-flying American planes on revetments protecting dispersed G4M bombers on the runway at Vunakanau Airfield, Rabaul, New Britain

: G4M1 Betty coded Z2-313 of 751 Kokutai, 1943 2

: G6M1-L2 coded X902 of the 3. Kokutai, February 1942

: G6M1-L2 with white surrender scheme and green crosses. Ie Shima Airfield 1945

: G4M2a Model 24 Otsu code 763-12

: Mitsubishi G4M and G6M Betty Ie Shima August 19, 1945

: G4M2 bomber coded 762-K-15

: P1Y Ginga and G4M Betty at Yokosuka naval base August 1945

: G4M Betty wreck at Aslito airfield Saipan, July 1944

: Captured Mitsubishi G4M2a model 24 otsu Rikko

: Low flying G4M Betty bombers making a torpedo run against the American Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion force August 8, 1942

: Crashed G4M off Tulagi Island on 8 August 1942

: G4M1 K-324 of Kanoya Kokutai

: Mitsubishi G4M2a model 24

: Mitsubishi G4M2 Otsu

: G4M2 model 22 FI-II of ATAIU-SEA

: Mitsubishi G4M2e of 711 Hikotai, 721 Kokutai “Jinrai” coded 721-328 is carrying an Ohka bomb. Kanoya 1945

: G4M Betty bombers assembly line 1945

: G6M1-L2 of the 1001 Kokutai

: Mitsubishi G4M2 Betty from 763rd Kokutai at Clark Field Philippines 1945

: Mitsubishi G4M2 captured at Clark Field 2

: G4M Betty in flames after being shot down by the PB4Y-1 “Porter’s Posse” of VB-106 off the coast of Biak Island on May 15, 1944

: Mitsubishi G4M Betty of 4 Kokutai at low level flight

: White G4M that carried the Japanese surrender delegation, 1945

: Mitsubishi G6M on the island of Ie Shima 19 August 1945

: G4M2 Betty 763-12 on Clark Field

: Mitsubishi G4M and G6M Ie Shima 19 August 1945

: G4M2 model 24 coded ‘763-12’ fitted with Type 3 Ku-6 anti-ship radar, Philippines

: Mitsubishi G4M and G6M with Tokyo delegation 1945

: G4M under attack by a PB4Y-1 of VB-106

: Mitsubishi G4M Betty under attack by a PB4Y-1 of VB-106 2

: G4M Betty and A6M Zero wrecks 1944 Saipan

: Mitsubishi G4M1 K-324 Betty of 2nd Chutai, Kanoya Kokutai

: G6M approaching Ie Shima with Japanese surrender envoys aboard

: Mitsubishi G4M2a Model 24 Hei FI-II of ATAIU-SEA

: G6M Betty Ie Shima August 19, 1945

: Mitsubishi G4M3a model 34 otsu at Yokosuka naval air base Japan August 1945

: G4M1 Betty bombers in flight

: Mitsubishi G6M painted in special surrender markings

: Japanese Mitsubishi G4M Betty Z2-901 of 751st Kokutai on Saipan 1944

: G4M1 Betty bomber

: Mitsubishi G4M2 Betty 763-12 tail Philippines

: G4M wreck and Marine photographer

: Mitsubishi G4M1 Betty bombers of 705 Kokutai

: Mitsubishi G6M1-L2 of the official Japanese surrender delegation, 1945

: Mitsubishi G4M3 “Betty” bomber

: G4M2 ex 763-12 of Technical Air Intelligence Unit SWPA

: Mitsubishi G4M bomber carrying a ohka piloted bomb

: G4M Betty in Philippines – recon photo of 5th AF

: Last seconds of G4M1 from 4 Kokutai, February 20, 1942

: Mitsubishi Betty bombers in aircraft revetments

: G4M at Mizutani Airfield

: Mitsubishi G4M2 model 22 coded 01-322 of 755 Kokutai June 1944

: Coronado flying boat from VP-13 downs G4M2 model 22 ’72’ of 761 Kokutai, 26 May 1944

: Mitsubishi G4M model 22 without bomb bay doors, 1943

: G4M1 K-322 of the Kanoya Kokutai

: G4M1 bombers in flight

: Crashed Betty off Tulagi Island on 8 August 1942 2

: Mitsubishi G4M2 Betty bomber wreck

: Wreckage of G4M1 Model 11 manufacture number 5749 assigned to the 705 Kokutai after forced landing at Bugmar Beach, New Georgia

Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 attack bomber: 一式陸上攻撃機, 一式陸攻 Isshiki rikujō kōgeki ki, Isshikirikkō, Rikko. Mitsubishi G4M was built in larger numbers than any other Japanese bomber. Betty was in use from the first day of the war until it transported the Japanese surrender delegation.

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