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Posted by Gryphon on Nov-02-20 at 00:04 AM
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Kawanishi H8K3 Type 2 heavy flying boat - A version of this aircraft adapted for carrying witches can be seen in the first couple episodes of Strike Witches 2, in which it transports Mio and Yoshika back to Europe from Fusō. That one has a retractable launch stage for a Striker that deploys through the top, whereas the model we see here has a belly hatch adapted from a bomb bay (abaft the part of the fuselage that serves as the boat hull).

In real life, the H8K series served as transports and maritime patrol aircraft, in the latter of which capacities it commonly carried torpedoes. Its Allied reporting name was "Emily".

its hated rival, the Navy - It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that the only organizations the two main arms of the Imperial Japanese armed forces hated more than the enemy were each other. This is true to the extent that the IJA had its own ships and submarines, rather than rely on the Navy for supplies and amphibious operations support, and the IJN had its own land-based air force, in addition to the aircraft that operated off carriers.

Squadron Leader Alice Murgatroyd - The traditional romanization of this character's surname in Touhou circles is "Margatroid", but as that strikes me as a classic "transcribed to kana and then back to romaji" error in the vein of "Belldandy", I've taken the liberty of switching it back for OWaW purposes. (The canonical version is obviously not an RAF officer, either. :)

Doll Barrage: Operation Hydra - In the real World War II, Operation Hydra was the codename of a 1943 RAF Bomber Command attack on the German V-weapon development complex at Peenemünde in northeastern Germany.

Alice's exploding dolls - It's not clear in the original whether these are really expended, like Scrubbing Bubbles in the old "suicide mission" TV commercials, or magically re-manifest back at "base" (as is commonly accepted to happen with carrier-based aircraft that are shot down in Kantai Collection fan works). Since I'm not going for the grimdarque here, I opt for the latter interpretation.

the mini-Hakkero - Exactly what this thing is is also not entirely clear, although its name comes from a magical furnace that features in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. Marisa basically uses it as a pocket Reflex furnace.

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