Unidentified Japanese Ambulance biplane
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Unidentified Japanese Ambulance biplane
I am sure one of the competitors in the "What ?" threads will be able to identify this one. All my usual sources have failed.
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Looks like a DH80b Hornet Moth. Remember they used everything from the DC3 early on.
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet_Moth
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet_Moth
Certainly has the look of a Gipsy Major cowling.
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As ever this forum does not disappoint. Searching for the Tachikawa KKY-1 shows it to have been Cirrus Hermes powered and from 1933, having been inspired by licence built Fox Moths. Thanks all.
Amazing. I had never noticed that the Cirrus rotates the other way from a Gipsy!
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Reminds me a bit of something... Italian or Russian I think...