Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag - 36" x 28" U.S. Antique Guns Research reveals that Fincke flew

Research reveals that Fincke flew his first mission on a B-17 named the LADY GAY

and the "hi-top" was replaced by the "lo-top"

casualty evacuation and liaison duties

which was to he narrowed to half its original width

more closely followed standard Marine Corps doctrine in training

Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag - 36" x 28" U.S. Antique Guns Research reveals that Fincke flewOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Rising Sun Flag ( Kyokujitsu ki?) design was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period. On May 15, 1870, as a policy of the Meiji government, it was adopted as the war flag of the Imperial Japanese Army, and on October 7, 1889, it was adopted as the naval ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Naval flags have the sun off center to the left). This is a silk single panel rising sun flag in