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This post is for the Sino-Japanese conflict. At the end there is an interesting story entitled Japanese Use of Gas is Verified By Briton.

2 posted on 08/10/2008 6:43:03 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson (For events that occurred in 1938, real time is 1938, not 2008.)

To: Homer_J_Simpson

I've been trying to figure out which Japanese bombers could have been involved in this August 1938 air raid.

Candidates include any of the following:

Mitsubishi Ki-1, served from 1933 through about 1938, replaced by Ki-21 by the fall of 1938:

Italy's Fiat BR.20 "stork," sold to Japan in early 1938:

Mitsubishi Ki-21 introduced in 1938, though possibly not in time for this Canton raid:

3 posted on 08/10/2008 12:10:47 PM PDT by BroJoeK (A little historical perspective....)

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