Thread: Japan's Fatally Flawed Air Forces in World War II
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Old April 19th, 2008, 06:29 PM
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Default Re: Japan's Fatally Flawed Air Forces in World War II
IIRC the JAAF had trained only 1,700 pilots in 30 years; losses at Nomonhan crippled it. By December 1941, army flight schools graduating 750 pilots a year.
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