Thread: Duxford host a Spittie collection.

Originally Posted by 3toes

Based on the wiki link he may have been thinking about back pay but as was Taiwanese not Japanese there was no back pay or pension

So I see, but I could just about guarantee it was the last thing on his mind back then unless he intended to spend Japanese "Invasion Money". I think most soldiers who served in the Islands had a handful when they left as a Souvenir & it stank of the Jungle & other humid areas ie. Mildewed to buggery & Purely of no value anywhere unless in a Japanese controlled area. They went to a lot of trouble for when they were going to rule the Asia Zone. I can still smell it, as a heap of it sat on top of our bedroom wardrobe post '45 courtesy of Uncle Bob, Dental Technician, together with a few cloth bandoliers of .303 (? Aust or Japanese, could have been either ????) & a couple of 20mm Canon shells which I now believe were Armored Piercing. No idea if those were deactivated or not. I wonder if my old man told him to get them shifted or what, as they disappeared after a few months, so probably. If there'd been a hammer with them I guess as kids the 20s would have got a belting. Ah Happy Days.

Japanese invasion money - Wikipedia

Reading that article it sounds like some one coughed up with some cash later on for him but I doubt it was due to a Guilty Conscience on their part.

As a private in a colonial unit from a now-independent country, Nakamura was not entitled to a pension (due to a 1953 change in the law on pensions), thus received only the minimal sum of ¥68,000 (US $227.59 at the time, US $1,200 in 2020).^[1] This caused a considerable outcry in the press, motivating the Taiwanese government and the public to donate a total of ¥4,250,000 to Nakamura.^[7] Five years after his repatriation, on 15 June 1979, Nakamura died of lung cancer.^[6]

The poor bastard, he couldn't blame that on the issued ciggies could he, unless he was smoking rolled up Toilet Paper or ratted the old Q-store his mates had left behind.




Google his name, it is quite a spread. No not Uncle Bob, the Nippon Soldier.

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Originally Posted by 4bee

Bloody thieving RAF Johnnies! They pinched LR's colour scheme from the Wilkes lads.


Those I have been privileged to have been in over the years in the UK had the same pale green scheme. viz. Scampton Gate Guardian Lancaster. a cut wing (Shortened Wing) Spitfire at some small airfield near Cambridge, etc,etc This place had also had a huge Propeller from the only one off junked Bristol Brabazon on the wall. That was 16' diameter & had contra rotating props on each engine.

Bristol Brabazon




The story goes that not only did the Wilkes use the Ally sheet they also swiped a Million gallons of that pale green.

Who can say,eh?

Just as well, says me.

Shortening the wings lowered the effective altitude of the Spitfire but increased the roll rate, making it more maneuverable at lower altitudes. ... Clipped wings were not the only alteration made to the Spitfire wing shape. Extended tips were also used for high-altitude performance.22 Oct 2018