The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕, "flying swallow") is a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft. Used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, it was designated...
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Retrieved 16 April 2019. Model Art, 1994, p.186 Bueschel, Richard M. Kawasaki Ki.61/Ki.100 Hien in Japanese Army Air Force Service, Aircam Aviation Series No...
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The Kawasaki Ki-60 was an experimental Japanese pre-World War II fighter aircraft that used a license-built (Kawasaki) DB 601 liquid-cooled engine. This...
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Ki-56 – twin-engine light transport, developed from the Lockheed Model 14 Electra (1940) Ki-60 – experimental single-engine fighter (1941) Ki-61 Hien...
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faster than the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter, which already was in production. As a result, Kawasaki discontinued design work on the Ki-88 less than a year...
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(IJAAS) used the same engine (manufactured by Kawasaki as the Kawasaki Ha40) to power its Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Allied reporting name "Tony") fighter. The...
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work was the "Army Type 3 Fighter" (三式戦闘機, Sanshiki sentoki), aka Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hien" (飛燕, Hi-en) ("flying swallow") or "Tony". Also he was one of the...
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The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (屠龍, "Dragonslayer") is a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The army gave...
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German–Japanese industrial co-operation before and during World War II (redirect from Tachikawa Ki 162)
examples. When it came to aircraft equipment, the Japanese Army fighter Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien ("Tony") used a licence-built Daimler-Benz DB 601A engine which resulted...
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IJN Kawasaki Ki-10 Army Type 95 Fighter Perry 1935 588 IJA Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu Army Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter Nick 1941 1370 IJA Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Army...
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this unit, Kobayashi would pilot the Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hien" fighter, by October 1944, the 244th had around 40 Ki-61s and had spent a large amount of time...
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Hien may refer to: Hien (Netherlands), a village near Dodewaard Kawasaki Ki-61 (Japanese: 飛燕), a Japanese World War II aircraft Getter Robot Hien (Japanese:...
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encountered light antiaircraft fire and a few enemy fighters (made up of Ki-45s and prototype Ki-61s, the latter being mistaken for Bf 109s) over Japan, no bomber...
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configuration, and era Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Dewoitine D.520 Heinkel He 100 Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Messerschmitt Bf 109F Yakovlev Yak-1...
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The prefix "Ki" in this list is an abbreviation of "Kitai", meaning "airframe", and was used only by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. "Ki" should be...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Fiat G.55 Centauro Ikarus S-49 Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Macchi C.205 Veltro North American P-51D Mustang Supermarine Spitfire...
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"[wiping] out Boeing's most experienced B-29 personnel". The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu and Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien were assigned the reporting names of 'Nick' and 'Tony'...
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fighter Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Allied reporting name "Tony") fighter Kawasaki Type 88 (KDA-2) light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft Mitsubishi Ki-15 (Allied...
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the final year of the war the Ki-84, the Ki-100 (essentially a radial-engined version of the inline-powered Kawasaki Ki-61) and Kawanishi's N1K2-J were...
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Japanese Army Air Force with the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki and the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien. As the Japanese were interested in the DB...
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Howard DGA-5 "Ike" – reproduction Junkers Ju 52 – "G-BFHG" – Stored Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien – Disassembled and stored Kingfisher - Under restoration in Auckland...
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the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. The airfield was host to Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighters used for air defense against Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombing...
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1985, exhibits include four planes: a Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a 1943 Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien, a 1944 Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate, and a Mitsubishi Zero recovered from...
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33 Curtiss P-40 Hawker Hurricane Heinkel He 100 Lavochkin LaGG-3 Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Messerschmitt Bf 109 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 Rogožarski IK-3 Supermarine...
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Aeronautical Books, ISBN 0-85177-801-1.) Francillon, René J. (1966). The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Aircraft in Profile, Volume 5, No. 118). Windsor, Berkshire, UK:...
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Ju 188 Junkers Ju 290 Junkers Ju 352 Junkers Ju 388 Kamov Ka-26 Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien/Tony Klemm Kl 25 Klemm Kl 26 Klemm Kl 27 Klemm Kl 35D Lavochkin La-7...
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Toru Shinomiya, Masao Itagaki and Matsumi Nakano—pilots flying the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter known by the Allies as the "Tony". On 3 December 1944, the...
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Mitsubishi: 587; by Kawasaki: 91; by 1° Army Arsenal of Tachikawa: 1. Ki-67-Ib: Late production model. Reinforced the tail gun turret (2 × 20 mm). Ki-67-I KAI:...
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the end of the war, most Hayabusa units received Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate "Frank" and Kawasaki Ki-100 fighters, but some units flew the Hayabusa to the end...
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Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki "Tojo" Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony" Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate "Frank" Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu "Nick" Kawasaki Ki-51 Tokyo "Sonia" Kawasaki Ki-93...
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