Photograph translation help.

[Tensho]

Help please on this writing on back of photo. Didn’t realize it was there originally.  Cleaned the glue and black backing off to reveal the below. Thank you. 

[mywei]

Aviation troop leader Fukuda

June 4, Showa 19

[Dr Greenthumb80]

Can anyone help me translate this? I can't find these symbols anywhere...

[Tensho]

Awesome, thank you Matt!

 

If anyone is interested in the photo:

[Bugyotsuji]

Probably 'Fukuda Kei'.　(Kei or Takashi)

福田 敬

[robinalexander]

General question .... I imagine as an Aviation Troop Leader this person would be an officer. 

 

Now this person looks like a female (could be wrong though) ... I didn't know the Japanese had female officer pilots in during the war, but then again, until now I've never had any reason to ask.

Rob

 

 

[Nobody]

30 minutes ago, robinalexander said:

General question .... I imagine as an Aviation Troop Leader this person would be an officer. 

 

Now this person looks like a female (could be wrong though) ... I didn't know the Japanese had female officer pilots in during the war, but then again, until now I've never had any reason to ask.

Rob

 

 

 

An appropriate translation for 飛行兵長 is Flight corporal. So, he is not an officer.

And the person is definitely a male.

[robinalexander]

Thankyou Koichi-san... I appreciate your enlightenment.

[John C]

8 hours ago, robinalexander said:

Now this person looks like a female

Rob: For what it's worth, I thought the same thing. I was thinking maybe a female who disguised her identity in order to fight. But I guess a young male could also disguise his true age for the same reason. Thank you to Moriyama for the clarification. 

John C.

 

[dimitri]

19 hours ago, Tensho said:

Génial, merci Matt !

 

Si quelqu'un est intéressé par la photo :

With this photo and especially the name, I don't know if there are still archives available to know if he survived the war... I'm still curious. Where did you find this photo, with the gunto?

[Tensho]

57 minutes ago, dimitri said:

With this photo and especially the name, I don't know if there are still archives available to know if he survived the war... I'm still curious. Where did you find this photo, with the gunto?

Photo was purchased from a vintage Photograph seller. Mainly bought for Gunto mounting references.

 

The writing was a complete surprise to me. I agree with you, it would be nice to know about the pilot. One would have to be fluent in Japanese to find out anything I'm sure. 

[dimitri]

Maybe ask the Japanese in the group if such archives already exist?

[John C]

8 hours ago, Tensho said:

The writing was a complete surprise to me

Matt:

I recently bought a lot of 80 photos, in which about 20 were signed like that under the glue and black paper. Some of them were a real bear to clean. Several of mine had army inspection stamps so I assume they had been sent home from the field.

John C.