And yes, that is 'Fiat' as in the well-known Italian firm. To deal with a shortage of modern bombers needed for the war in China Japan ordered enough of these to equip two air wings (12 and 20 Sentai).
There is no mention of the BR-20 in Fiat's current Japanese-market offering: link
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I'm not much of a plane guy, but those are amazing!
Well done!
FF
I wonder if they would have had more success with the Fiat Happy Chance?
I did not know the Japanese had the Tim.
Good informative post an nice work from the WGCMDR.
Friendly Fire
AS I keep telling the Wg Cdr, they'll be nice when they're finished....
Nick Grant
I wonder what sort of finance deal they got on the BR20s?
Paul
If there's an obscure WW2 aircraft model in 1/300 the Wg Cdr is your man!
Nice! they need a 1/285th Fiat 'Torta Decorazione Treno Carburante Petroliera'* to refuel them now :O)
Regards, Chris
*http://notquitemechanised.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/trains-to-tankers/
Learn something new every day,very
interesting!
Chris Kemp
All this Italian-type language is becoming worrying.
Bill
I'm glad to know you feel enlightened!
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