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Offline Suttonrog

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WW2 Japanese Leaflet
« on: Sunday 22 August 10 10:42 BST (UK) »
Can anypne help identify this leaflet?

Jim1 has suggested that it is leaflet informing the Japanese of ther surrender and may be from Burma.

Rog

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Re: WW2 Japanese Leaflet
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 22 August 10 20:18 BST (UK) »
Hi Rog,
I cannot assist with a translation but the circumstances stack up.
The IWM photo collection has a series of this occasion, at Mingaladon airfield, Rangoon.
The aircraft is a Mitsubishi Ki-57 pained white with green crosses, the required "safe" paint scheme for Japanese aircraft being used for surrender purposes.
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Re: WW2 Japanese Leaflet
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 22 August 10 23:07 BST (UK) »
Thanks Dave

I also found this - the Rangoon part is an exact match

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=13354

Rog
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