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    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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    The Kawasaki Ki-100 (キ100) is a single-seat single-engine monoplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) during World...
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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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    Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) selected the engine to power its Kawasaki Ki-61 fighter. The Daimler-Benz DB 601Aa was a development of the earlier...
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  • Kawasaki Aircraft Industries developed numerous types of aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army, such as the Type 88 reconnaissance aircraft, the Ki-48...
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  • The Kawasaki Ki-102 or Type 4 Attack Plane (四式襲撃機, Yonshiki shūgeki-ki) was a Japanese warplane of World War II. It was a twin-engine, two-seat, long-range...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-48 (Japanese: 九九式雙發輕爆擊機, romanized: kyuukyuu-shiki-souhatu-keibaku-gekki, shortened to 'Soukei', Army Type 99 Twin-engined Light Bomber)...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-10 (九五式戦闘機, Kyūgo-shiki sentōki, Army Type 95 Fighter) was the last biplane fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army, entering service...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (屠龍, "Dragonslayer") was a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The army gave...
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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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    The Kawasaki Ki-96 was a Japanese single seat, twin-engine heavy fighter of World War II. It was intended to replace the Kawasaki Ki-45s of the Imperial...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-28 (キ28, Ki-Nijuhachi), World War II Allied reporting name "Bob", was an experimental fighter aircraft designed for the Imperial Japanese...
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    Accessed 2010-11-18 Kawasaki Type 97 Heavy Bomber (Julia) Info, Dave's Warbirds. Accessed 2010-11-18 Bueschel, Richard M. Kawasaki Ki.61/Ki.100 Hien in Japanese...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-88 was a proposed Japanese World War II fighter aircraft intended for use by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. Its anticipated performance...
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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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    important 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...
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  • The Kawasaki I-Gо̄ Model 1 Otsu, otherwise known as Ki-148 was a World War II Japanese guided air-to-surface missile designed in 1944. Developed alongside...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-91 was a Japanese heavy bomber developed by Kawasaki Aircraft Industries during the later years of World War II. In early 1943, following...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-56 (Japanese: 一式貨物輸送機, Type 1 Freight Transport) was a Japanese two-engine light transport aircraft used during World War II. It was known...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-32 (九八式軽爆撃機, Kyuhachi-shiki keibakugekiki, lit. ''Type 98 light bomber'') was a Japanese light bomber aircraft of World War II. It was...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-3 (九三式単軽爆撃機, Kyūsan-shiki tankei bakugekiki) was a light bomber built by Kawasaki Kōkūki Kōgyō K.K. for the Imperial Japanese Army in...
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    Ormoc Bay, Dahl's P-38 formation were intercepted by a formation of Kawasaki Ki-61 "Tonys" flying in close formation towards east. The P-38s made a first...
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    initial aerial victory, shooting down a Mitsubishi A6M "Zero", and a Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" over Buna (during the Battle of Buna-Gona). For this action, Bong...
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    enemy planes, which included four Nakajima Ki-43s and two Kawasaki Ki-61s. Two other pilots had downed three Ki-61s between them for a total of nine Japanese...
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    Comandante Cappellini in August 1943 and used to equip 388 Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61-I Hei fighters. The 20 mm MG 151/20 was also fitted on the Macchi C...
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    Air Force. Neither the Ki-62 project or its Ki-63 variant proceeded beyond the design stage. To compete with the Kawasaki Ki-61 as a possible new light...
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    The Kawasaki Ki-64 (Allied code name: Rob) was a one-off prototype of an experimental heavy, single seat, fighter. It had two unusual design features...
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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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    The Kawasaki Ki-78, originally given the designation Ken III (Kensan - research III), was a high-speed research aircraft (after research projects of long-range...
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  • The Kawasaki Ki-5 (川崎 キ5, Ki-go) was an experimental low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft designed for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. It first flew...
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