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[FMS-Paul]

Hi guys ,

If possible could I please have a translation of this tag., sorry for the small photo that's all I have. thank you for your time.

[ghp95134]

舞志飛一六三三
法篤 敬
二十年一月
二十年一月
第二衣糧廠

Maizuru Shigan Hikouhei 1633 Maizuru Base, Volunteer, Flight, #1633
Hōtoku* Satoshi [敬 can be pronounced as Satoshi, Takashi, and Hiroshi as male given names]
Issued date: Showa 20, January
Size & Manufacture date: Showa 20, January [it looks like 十 (10 = October) but it couldn't have been manufactured after it was issued!]
2nd Food and Clothing Depot

舞鶴 Maizuru - naval base
志願 shigan - volunteer
飛行兵 Hikouhei - flight

*Note about the surname 法篤. I am making a guess here. I cannot find 法篤 in any Japanese name database I have access to; nor can I find it on Google. However, there are a lot of surnames ending with 篤 and pronounce it as "toku;" I extrapolated that and wed it to Hō 法 to derive Hōtoku. 法 can also be pronounced as Nori at the beginning of a surname so 法篤 might also be pronounced as Noritoku -- again, just an uneducated guess and probably incorrect!

Japanese naval ID number information from Nick Komiya's instructive link here

[SHEMP H]

Hi Paul, it's also a large size (-).[/ATTACH]

[SHEMP H]

Guy I zoomed in on the size mark and it looks like the year of manufacture stamp has spilled over into the size parenthesis, could it possibly be Showa 11 (1936)

[ghp95134]

Hi Shemp (Bill).

No, Showa 11 would be 10 + 1: 昭十一.

— Guy

[FMS-Paul]

Thank you Guy and Shemp for your translation and input , very much appreciated.

[FMS-Paul]

Hello Guy,

Regarding this info...

Maizuru Shigan Hikouhei 1633 Maizuru Base, Volunteer, Flight, #1633

舞鶴 Maizuru - naval base
志願 shigan - volunteer
飛行兵 Hikouhei - flight

Would one say he could have been a naval pilot ?

[ghp95134]

...Would one say he could have been a naval pilot ?

Hi Paul,

I don't think just pilot, probably any air-crew position?

While looking for a Google immediate answer (none!) ... I found this cool recruitment poster showing two enlisted sailors, one looking wantingly up at aircraft in the sky:

海軍飛行兵募集
Kaigun Hikōhei Boshū
Naval Aviator Recruitment/Selection/Wanted

- Guy

[FMS-Paul]

Great looking poster , Guy you are a true gentleman. thank you sir much appreciate your time.