Mitsubishi Aircraft

Mitsubishi 1MF / Type 10 1921 The Mitsubishi 1MF was among the first designs produced for the Mitsubishi Internal Combustion Engine ... read more ... Another Herbert Smith design, the first example of the Mitsubishi 2MR two-seat carried-based reconnaissance biplane ... read more ... Mitsubishi 2MR 1922 Mitsubishi 1MT1N 1922 read more ... Following on his association with the Mitsubishi company, Herbert Smith designed the 2MT1 two-seat biplane ... read more ... Mitsubishi B1M / 2MT 1923 Mitsubishi 2MB1 1925 After building 57 Nieuport 81 trainers for the Imperial Japanese Army as the Mitsubishi Ko-1, ... read more ... Seeking a second-generation fighter as a successor to the Type 10, in April 1926, the ... read more ... Mitsubishi 1MF9 Taka 1927 Mitsubishi 1MF2 Hayabusa 1928 In March 1927, the Imperial Army ordered Kawasaki, Nakajima and Mitsubishi to investigate design of ... read more ... Designed by Herbert Smith, the Sopwith designer working in Japan, the Mitsubishi 4MS1 prototype crew ... read more ... Mitsubishi K3M "PINE" 1930 Mitsubishi 2MR8 1930 In 1927 Mitubishi enlisted the help of German designer Baumann to meet an Imperial Japanese ... read more ... In 1928 Mitsubishi presented to the Imperial Japanese Navy three new types: the Mitsubishi 1MF9 ... read more ... Mitsubishi B2M 1932 Mitsubishi Ki-1 1933 Showing strong signs of Junkers influence, the Mitsubishi Ki-1-l heavy bomber flew for the first ... read more ... A most successful design, although built only in limited numbers, the Mitsubishi Ki-2 light bomber ... read more ... Mitsubishi Ki-2 1933 Mitsubishi 1MF10 1933 To meet a 7-Shi (1932) requirement for an advanced single-seat shipboard fighter to succeed the ... read more ... As far back as 1935, in response to Japanese naval requirement for a landbased twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft, Mitsubishi ... read more ... Mitsubishi G3M "NELL" 1934 Mitsubishi Ka-8 1934 In 1933, the Imperial Navy, influenced by trends in Western Europe and the USA, issued ... read more ... An Imperial Japanese Navy specification of 1934 for a single-seat fighter with a maximum speed ... read more ... Mitsubishi A5M "CLAUDE" 1935 Mitsubishi Ka-14 1935 Among several 9-Shi requirements, in February 1934, the Imperial Navy issued an outline specification for ... read more ... As soon as the Imperial Navy had expressed its satisfaction with the performance of the ... read more ... Mitsubishi Ki-18 1935 Mitsubishi Ki-15 / C5M BABS 1936 In July 1935 the Imperial Japanese Army drew up its specification for a new two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, and ... read more ... The Mitsubishi Ki-21 (Army Type 97 Heavy Bomber) was produced by engineers Nakata and Ozawa in response to ... read more ... Mitsubishi Ki-21 1936 Mitsubishi F1M PETE 1936 Roughly equivalent to the American Curtiss SOC Seagull observation float biplane, the smaller Mitsubishi F1M was of more ... read more ... Bearing the company designation Mitsubishi Ka-16, this cantilever low-wing monoplane, carrier-based torpedo-bomber flew in prototype ... read more ... Mitsubishi B5M "MABEL" 1936 Mitsubishi Ki-33 1936 The acceptance of the Ka-14 9-Shi fighter by the Imperial Navy and evaluation of a ... read more ... In May 1936 the Imperial Japanese Army issued its specification for a light bomber required to supersede ... read more ... Mitsubishi Ki-30 ANN 1937 Mitsubishi A6M "Reisen" / "ZEKE" 1939 The famous Mitsubishi A6M, popularly known as the 'Zero', was the first carrierborne fighter in the world ... read more ... One of the best-looking Japanese aircraft of World War II, the Mitsubishi Ki-46 was designed ... read more ... Mitsubishi Ki-46 DINAH 1939 Mitsubishi Ki-51 SONIA 1939 To meet an Imperial Japanese Army specification of December 1937 for a ground-attack aircraft, which it was suggested ... read more ... With interest shown by Japan Air Lines for a civil version of the Mitsubishi Ki-21 ... read more ... Mitsubishi Ki-57 / MC-20 / L4M "TOPSY" 1939 Mitsubishi G4M "BETTY" 1939 Codenamed 'Betty' by the Allies, the Mitsubishi G4M long-range medium bomber remained in service with the Japanese navy ... read more ... Although designed to a 1939 requirement, at a time when Japanese war leaders scarcely imagined a situation requiring ... read more ... Mitsubishi J2M "Raiden" 1942 Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu / PEGGY 1942 Fortunately for the Allies in the latter stages of the Pacific war, comparatively few of the formidable ... read more ... Intended to meet a requirement formulated in 1943 for an advanced two-seat long-range escort fighter, ... read more ... Mitsubishi Ki-83 1944 Mitsubishi Ki-109 1944 Derived from the Ki-67 Hiryu bomber as a heavy interceptor, the Ki-109 was originally ... read more ... The design by Mitsubishi of a carrier-based fighter to supersede the A6M Zero-Sen had been ... read more ... Mitsubishi A7M "Reppu" / "SAM" 1944 Mitsubishi J8M "Shusui" 1945 Development of the Messerschmitt Me 163B rocket-powered fighter in Germany prompted Japan to acquire rights ... read more ... Redesigned Ki-67 bomber intended for kamikaze attacks. First combat use was on April 17, 1945. read more ... Mitsubishi Ki-167 1945 Mitsubishi MU-2 1963 In 1956 Mitsubishi began the design of a light utility transport to be powered by ... read more ... The T-2 was the first supersonic aircraft developed by the Japanese aircraft industry. It is ... read more ... Mitsubishi T-2 1971 Mitsubishi F-1 1975 Japan's first indigenous combat aircraft to be produced after the end of World War II, ... read more ... In 1977 Mitsubishi designed and built two prototypes of a twin-turbofan business aircraft designated the ... read more ... Mitsubishi MU-300 / Diamond 1978