Can You Translate to English?

[yokota57]

[Allen0820]

Looks like katakana; harder to read than ledgible kanji.  Wish I could help.

[yokota57]

9 minutes ago, Allen0820 said:

Looks like katakana; harder to read than ledgible kanji.  Wish I could help.

Thanks for looking.

[Mr. Bushido]

As other members have pointed out, these characters are katakana.

 

They're probably the Japanese translation of an English-speaking male name.

 

I'm not sure how exactly it's written, but it's pronounced something like "Re i     ／    Ba su co n se ro su".

[yokota57]

10 hours ago, Mr. Bushido said:

As other members have pointed out, these characters are katakana.

 

They're probably the Japanese translation of an English-speaking male name.

 

I'm not sure how exactly it's written, but it's pronounced something like "Re i     ／    Ba su co n se ro su".

As usual your skills are amazing. The opposite side of this USMC VMA-224 lighter is engraved with the pilot's name: Ray Vasconcellos. It dates to a 1957 deployment to Iwakuni. Thanks for confirming the Japanese characters for me.