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D3A dive bomber taking off from carrier Akagi, Indian Ocean, 5 Apr 1942; the single vertical red stripe toward the rear end of fuselage identified this aircraft as from Akagi.

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Type 99 Carrier-Based Bomber D3A2

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D3A Type 99 dive bomber of either Shokaku or Zuikaku in flight, either en route to attack Neosho and Sims in morning or returning from failed scouting mission in afternoon, Battle of Coral Sea, 7 May

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1968 Type 0 Carrier-Based Fighter Model 21

Discovered in the Solomon Islands together with the Type 99 Carrier-Based Bomber

Mr. Bob Diemert standing on the main wing of the D3A2 Dive bomber

Restored by combining wreckage from several aircraft

In 1969, contracted with the Canadian Air Force to transport the wreckage to a private airfield in Canada, performed restoration, and completed it

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Val dive bomber

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D3A2 aircraft at Misawa Airfield, October 1945.

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A D3A2 Val carrier-based dive bomber from the aircraft carrier Akagi

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D3A Type99 “VAL”

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