The Kawanishi N1K was 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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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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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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which featured a Kawamura-developed belt feed mechanism. Kawanishi H6K Kawanishi H8K Kawanishi N1K Mitsubishi A6M Mitsubishi G3M Mitsubishi G4M Mitsubishi...
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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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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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Yokosuka P1Y (redirect from Kawanishi P1Y1-S)
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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