yokota57 Posted May 14, 2021 #1 Posted May 14, 2021 USAF 6461st Troop Carrier Sqdn (M) "Kyushu Gypsies" Korean War Japanese-Made Lighters "Kyushu Gypsies" lighters added to my collection and "KG" C-47/Crew pic via the web. Enjoy!
yokota57 Posted May 14, 2021 Author #2 Posted May 14, 2021 **Note to USAF collectors//historians: Of course the lighter with the brass C-47 may be pre-Dec '52, 21st Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium). The base stamp provides no information on the date it was manufactured.
yokota57 Posted June 5, 2021 Author #3 Posted June 5, 2021 Detachment 1, Tokyo International Airport (Haneda). *1453d MAES, Military Air Transport Service (Pacific Division) was based at Hickam AFB, TH/HI. Japanese-made with a #251 Zippo insert.
yokota57 Posted June 6, 2021 Author #4 Posted June 6, 2021 506th Tactical Communications Maintenance Squadron. Udorn RTAFB. Japanese-made.
yokota57 Posted June 6, 2021 Author #5 Posted June 6, 2021 **Should be "CONTROL" not "COMMUNICATIONS".
yokota57 Posted June 24, 2021 Author #6 Posted June 24, 2021 Crew 4 "Brown's Buzzards" (LTC Brown A/C) Korat RTAFB. Lockheed EC-121R. Japanese-made.
yokota57 Posted June 30, 2021 Author #7 Posted June 30, 2021 Kadena Air Base, Okinawa 1954-1955. SA-16 "Albatross" / SH-19 "Chickasaw" / SC-47 "Gooney Bird". Japanese-made.
yokota57 Posted July 9, 2021 Author #8 Posted July 9, 2021 Johnson Air Base & Chitose Air Base, Japan. F-82 "Twin Mustang" // F-94 "Starfire". Japanese-made.
yokota57 Posted July 13, 2021 Author #9 Posted July 13, 2021 28th BS (Medium), 19th Bomb Wing (M) B-29 "CotM June-July 1953". Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. Double-sided, Japanese-made.
yokota57 Posted August 6, 2021 Author #10 Posted August 6, 2021 6925th Radio Squadron, Mobile (USAF Security Service). Clark AB, PI 1958-1962. Japanese-made.
Charlie Flick Posted August 8, 2021 #11 Posted August 8, 2021 Neat. I would never have figured out the RSM as being Radio Squadron, Mobile. Charlie
yokota57 Posted August 8, 2021 Author #12 Posted August 8, 2021 SIGINT and CRYPTO. They were monitoring the ChiComs with their AN/FLR-9 antenna array at Clark. Ultimate destination: NSA.
yokota57 Posted August 8, 2021 Author #13 Posted August 8, 2021 Original owner must have been from Oklahoma. Note the amateur "O-----K" engraving.
yokota57 Posted September 9, 2021 Author #14 Posted September 9, 2021 Osan-Ni, Air Base (K-55). "Corona" Japanese-made. I wonder if they produced a gross or two before someone noticed that "Fighter" was misspelled !?!?
Charlie Flick Posted September 12, 2021 #16 Posted September 12, 2021 A wonderful lighter, especially with the F-86 imagery. Charlie
yokota57 Posted September 19, 2021 Author #17 Posted September 19, 2021 Japanese-made "Vulcan". F-100 "Super Sabre".
yokota57 Posted October 17, 2021 Author #19 Posted October 17, 2021 Yokota AB, Japan 1950-1960. Heavily used, Japanese-made "Wellington".
yokota57 Posted October 17, 2021 Author #20 Posted October 17, 2021 623d Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, Detachment 2. Kume-Shima Air Station NCO Club. Very worn Japanese-made "Windsor".
yokota57 Posted November 9, 2021 Author #21 Posted November 9, 2021 Japanese-made "Firefly" table lighter.
yokota57 Posted November 16, 2021 Author #22 Posted November 16, 2021 Ashiya Air Base, Japan. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted November 16, 2021 Author #23 Posted November 16, 2021 Misawa Air Base, Japan. F-84 1953-1957. Japanese-made "Corona".
yokota57 Posted November 16, 2021 Author #24 Posted November 16, 2021 Tachikawa AB, Japan. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted November 16, 2021 Author #25 Posted November 16, 2021 K-55 ROK. Japanese-made "Atlas".
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