The Nakajima Aircraft Company (中島飛行機株式会社, Nakajima Hikōki Kabushiki Kaisha) was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer and aviation engine manufacturer...
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counterpart to the Ki-43. Both aircraft had generally similar layout and lines, and also used essentially the same Nakajima Sakae radial engine, with similar...
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founded Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1917, a major supplier of airplanes in the Empire of Japan. He also served as a cabinet minister. Nakajima was born...
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The Nakajima J1N1 Gekkō (月光, "Moonlight") is a twin-engine aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. A prototype first flew in...
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American airline companies) was purchased by Nippon Koku K.K. (Japan Airlines Co) and clandestinely handed over to the Nakajima Aircraft Company for dismantling...
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The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for...
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The Nakajima Homare (誉, "praise" or, more usually, "honour") was an air-cooled twin-row 18 cylinder radial Japanese aircraft engine manufactured during...
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Imperial Japanese Navy issued a request to Nakajima to develop a similar aircraft to be used as a fast attack aircraft. Among the specifications for the design...
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Army before and during World War II. The engine was designed by Nakajima Aircraft Company with code name NAM, as a scaled-down and advanced version of the...
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high-maintenance Nakajima Homare engine and landing gear prone to buckling. The difficulties of Japan's situation late in the war took a toll on the aircraft's field...
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400 rounds per minute). The project was conceived by Nakajima Aircraft Company head Chikuhei Nakajima. The design had straight wings and contra-rotating...
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The Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (鍾馗, "Devil Queller") was a single-seat fighter-interceptor which was developed by the Nakajima Aircraft Company and operated...
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"Dave". This aircraft was identified by the British as the Nakajima KT-95 Dave. The E8N was developed as a replacement for the same company's E4N and was...
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that aircraft, the Imperial Japanese Navy began seeking a faster longer-ranged replacement. In December 1939 it issued a specification to Nakajima for...
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land-based attack aircraft" (十八試陸上攻撃機); the Allied code name was "Rita". In February 1943 the Imperial Navy staff asked Nakajima Aircraft Company to design a...
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The Nakajima E4N was a Japanese shipboard reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. It was a two-seat, single-engine, equal-span biplane seaplane used primarily...
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The Nakajima J5N was an abandoned Japanese prototype fighter aircraft of the World War II era. J5N was developed as twin-engine interceptor for countering...
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new company was named Fuji Precision Industries and the name Prince Motor Company disappeared in the meantime. August 16, 1945 - The Nakajima Aircraft Company...
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The Nakajima Ki-27 (九七式戦闘機, Kyūnana-shiki sentōki, Type 97 Fighter) was the main fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service up until...
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licensed copy of the British Gloster Gambet fighter, built by the Nakajima Aircraft Company for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Approximately 150 were built in...
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Vickers and with Nakajima Aircraft Company in Japan. The first Super Universal was brought to Japan in components and was assembled by Nakajima for Japan Air...
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Thora. The Ki-34 was originally designed as a civil transport. Nakajima Aircraft Company, which had the license-production rights to the Douglas DC-2,...
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(96-Shiki) Attack Bomber developed by Mitsubishi with engines made by Nakajima Aircraft Company. Introduced in 1936, it had a maximum speed of 450 km/h (280 mph)...
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The Nakajima C6N Saiun (彩雲, "Iridescent Cloud") was a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War...
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The Nakajima Ki-87 was a Japanese prototype high-altitude fighter-interceptor of World War II. It was a single seat, exhaust-driven turbo-supercharged...
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Manufacturing Company was established in late 1938 under the supervision of the Japanese government as a subsidiary of the Nakajima Aircraft Company of Japan...
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but due to engine trouble, the aircraft did not see service until 1936. Given the Nakajima internal designation Nakajima YM, the Japanese Navy designation...
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surname Nakajima Aircraft Company, a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer throughout World War II Nakajima USA, a plush toy company Nakajima Racing...
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Project Z (bomber project) (category Abandoned military aircraft projects of Japan)
Z aircraft was to have six 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) engines; the Nakajima Aircraft Company quickly began developing engines, proposing twinned Nakajima Ha-44...
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Force - Utilized 1 Nakajima Ki-49 as a transport post war, during 1945-46 Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, and Axis Aircraft of World War II...
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