yokota57 Posted May 14, 2021 Share #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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted June 6, 2021 506th Tactical Communications Maintenance Squadron. Udorn RTAFB. Japanese-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted June 6, 2021 **Should be "CONTROL" not "COMMUNICATIONS". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted June 24, 2021 Crew 4 "Brown's Buzzards" (LTC Brown A/C) Korat RTAFB. Lockheed EC-121R. Japanese-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted June 30, 2021 Kadena Air Base, Okinawa 1954-1955. SA-16 "Albatross" / SH-19 "Chickasaw" / SC-47 "Gooney Bird". Japanese-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted July 9, 2021 Johnson Air Base & Chitose Air Base, Japan. F-82 "Twin Mustang" // F-94 "Starfire". Japanese-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted August 6, 2021 6925th Radio Squadron, Mobile (USAF Security Service). Clark AB, PI 1958-1962. Japanese-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted August 8, 2021 Share #11 Posted August 8, 2021 Neat. I would never have figured out the RSM as being Radio Squadron, Mobile. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted August 8, 2021 Original owner must have been from Oklahoma. Note the amateur "O-----K" engraving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share #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 !?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Howdy Posted September 11, 2021 Share #15 Posted September 11, 2021 Great graffiks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted September 12, 2021 Share #16 Posted September 12, 2021 A wonderful lighter, especially with the F-86 imagery. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted September 19, 2021 Japanese-made "Vulcan". F-100 "Super Sabre". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share #18 Posted October 9, 2021 Extra pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted October 17, 2021 Yokota AB, Japan 1950-1960. Heavily used, Japanese-made "Wellington". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share #20 Posted October 17, 2021 623d Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, Detachment 2. Kume-Shima Air Station NCO Club. Very worn Japanese-made "Windsor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share #21 Posted November 9, 2021 Japanese-made "Firefly" table lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share #22 Posted November 16, 2021 Ashiya Air Base, Japan. Japanese-made "Vulcan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share #23 Posted November 16, 2021 Misawa Air Base, Japan. F-84 1953-1957. Japanese-made "Corona". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share #24 Posted November 16, 2021 Tachikawa AB, Japan. Japanese-made "Vulcan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share #25 Posted November 16, 2021 K-55 ROK. Japanese-made "Atlas". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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