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中島飛行機小泉製作所 Nakajima Aircraft Koizumi Factory 待避係 Shelter Official 副分隊長 Assistant Squad/Division Leader Koizumi plant, near Nishi-Koizumi station. Critically damaged by American bombardment on April 3, 1945. The Koizumi Factory was the largest in the Orient with an area of 1,320,000 sq meters, and produced mainly Zero fighters (engineered by Mitsubishi) with Nakajima "Sakae" engines. Also other planes; the Gekko (moonlight), the Ginga (galaxy), the Tenzan (Tian Shan, Chinese mountains), the Saiun (iridescent clouds) , and others totaling about 9,000 units were manufactured at the plant. The number of employees there, in the end, totaled more than 60,000. White silk, 90 x 390 mm, printed letters, 15 mm applied purple cloth stripe. This example is the only one I know of that survived the war, moderate wear.

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