Betty bombers end World War 2 by taking the Japanese Surrender Delegation to Ie Shima
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One of Japans most successful bombers
the bomber that ended the war with Japan
the Betty Bomber


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Let me know at the bottom of this page. C. Jeff Dyrek

 

Contributors to this Betty Bomber Exhibit
Seth Villa, Loyd Freeman, Larry Jennings,
Robert Magnus, and Bob O'Hara
A Betty Bomber comes in for landing on the island of Ie Shima
Photo by Seth Villa
Scanned by C. Jeff Dyrek


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Japanese Propaganda Art Exhibit  Exhibit Added 10 June 2007
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If memory serves, neither of these Betty Bombers still exist. One crashed on the return to Japan and the other made a forced landing. Both airplanes were war wearies and so were expendable.

The green surrender crosses and white paint job were ordered by MacArthur's headquarters, as were the call signs used. The story about those two planes are told in two books. The most common of the two is "The Rising Sun" by John Toland and the other, hard to find but still around is The Fall of Japan, by William Craig.

Dear Mr. Dyrek,
If I understand correctly you are looking for information on what happened to the Bettys that were used as the two Japanese surrender planes. I do not know but I do have a motor plate that my late father brought back from Japan He said he had removed it from a Japanese surrender plane. The plane was painted white with green crosses and he said it transported Japanese at document signing at the end of the war. He said soldiers were taking all the parts off of it. Dad was Signal Corps and put up communications so that the planes could land in the Philippines, Japanese islands, and Japan. I know Dad was in Tokyo but I do not know about le Shima. I do not know if the plane in the water was later taken to it's destination of Tokyo. If you find out what happened to them would you please let me know. I will certainly let you know if I find any information.
 
The motor plate is written in Japanese and Dad has scratched some letters on the back of the plate, starting motor, and bomber I think he letters may be letters from the outside of the plane. They are American letters. Is there any place I could check these letters to see if they are registry for one of the surrender planes?
Thank you for any help you might give me.
Karen Shelton

 

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Ernie Pyle was probably the most famous War Correspondent of World War 2.  He died on the island of Ie Shima located in the Western Pacific near Okinawa.  This exhibit has exclusive photos and stories about Ernie Pyle including the story about
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