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    The Kawanishi N1K is an Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft, developed in two forms: the N1K Kyōfū (強風, "Strong Wind", Allied reporting name "Rex")...
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    Engineering Works' assets. While Kawanishi was best known for its seaplanes, such as the Kawanishi H6K and H8K flying boats, its N1K-J land-based fighter -derived...
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  • the A6M3a Reisen Model 22 Ko, and on later Navy fighters such as the Kawanishi N1K-J. The Model 4 of this weapon adopted the same belt-feed mechanism as...
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  • company Kawanishi Kōkūki KK in the early 1940s. A further development was the Kawanishi J6K. The J3K was developed in parallel to the Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden...
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    25 - 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) Homare 42 - 2,200 hp (1,640 kW) Aichi B7A Kawanishi N1K-J Mitsubishi A7M Nakajima C6N Nakajima G8N Nakajima J5N Nakajima Ki-84...
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    Experimental Navy jet-powered fighter Kawanishi N1K-J 紫電 "Shiden" 1942 Navy ground-based derivative of the N1K Kawanishi P1Y2-S 極光 1944 Navy night-fighter...
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    The Kawanishi H8K is a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting...
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    The Kawanishi H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat produced by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and used during World War II for maritime patrol...
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    155 Curtiss XP-62 Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Hawker Tempest Lavochkin La-5FN Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden Mikoyan-Gurevich I-211 Nakajima Ki-84 Republic XP-69 Supermarine...
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    tanks. Aircraft with armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, such as the Kawanishi N1K-J would not enter service until late 1944–1945, which was too late to...
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  • United States George (ship), an Australian sloop wrecked in 1806 Kawanishi N1K-J, a Japanese fighter aircraft Allied codenamed "George" Pullman porters...
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    March and June 1945. In contrast to the unreliable engines used by the Kawanishi N1K-J, Kawasaki Ki-61 and Nakajima Ki-84 that were keeping many of these...
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    was also equipped with automatic combat flaps, used earlier on the Kawanishi N1K-J, significantly improving maneuverability.[citation needed] In June...
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    against the Mitsubishi A6M Zero and 6:1 against the Nakajima Ki-84, Kawanishi N1K-J, and Mitsubishi J2M combined during the last year of the war. The Corsair...
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    The Kawanishi Baika (梅花, "Ume Blossom") was a pulsejet-powered kamikaze ("divine wind") aircraft under development for the Imperial Japanese Navy towards...
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    The base was defended by veteran Japanese fighter instructors flying Kawanishi N1K-J "Shiden" or "George" fighters, led by the man who planned the attack...
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    Naval Air Facility Atsugi in early 1945. There, Muto flew a powerful Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden, a type codenamed "George" by the Americans. At that time, he...
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  • may refer to: a World War II Japanese seaplane fighter aircraft, the Kawanishi N1K-J Mooncraft Shiden 77, a 1977 Japanese race car Mooncraft Shiden MC/RT-16...
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  • The Kawanishi H3K, also known as Navy Type 90-2 Flying Boat (九〇式二号飛行艇), was a Japanese biplane military flying boat from the interwar period. The H3K...
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    Encyclopedia. New York: Checkmark Books. ISBN 0-8160-4393-0. Francillon, René J. (1979). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam &...
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    Grosz, 1998 Bruce, J.M. (1995). "de Bruyère C.1 of 1917". Windsock International. 11 (5). Albatros Publications. Davilla, James J.; Soltan, Arthur M....
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  • K5Y, Yokosuka D4Y, Aichi D3A, Aichi E16A, Kawanishi E7K, Kawanishi N1K and its land-based derivative, the N1K-J, Mitsubishi J2M, Mitsubishi F1M2, in addition...
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    requested the Kawanishi Aircraft Company produce a replacement for the company's Kawanishi E5K. The resulting design, designated the Kawanishi E7K1, was an...
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    action while taking off from Kanoya Airfield in Kyūshū, Japan, in a Kawanishi N1K-J Shidenkai (Allied codename George) in April 1945. Five out of the six...
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    The Kawanishi J6K1 Jinpu ("Squall") was an interceptor fighter design developed by the Japanese company Kawanishi Kōkūki KK in the early 1940s. It was...
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  • and repaired. In Strike Witches: Road to Berlin, Yoshika receive a Kawanishi N1K "Shinden Kai" as her new Striker Unit before permanently replaced by...
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    The Kawanishi E15K Shiun (紫雲, "Violet Cloud") was a single-engined Japanese reconnaissance floatplane of World War II. The Allied reporting name for the...
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    as well as forward-firing 20 mm cannon. A total of 96 were produced by Kawanishi, but due to inadequate high-altitude performance against the B-29 Superfortress...
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  • Yokosuka E5Y (redirect from Kawanishi E5K)
    used for reconnaissance. The E5Y was also built by Kawanishi as the E5K (long designation: Kawanishi Navy Type 90-3 Reconnaissance Seaplane) The Yokosuka...
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  • Infantry; Uncommon) Jungle Spotter (Early War 1939–41; Spotter; Uncommon) Kawanishi N1K-J "Shiden-Kai" (Reserves and Counter Offensive; Aircraft; Rare) Mitsubishi...
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