Nakajima Aircraft

Nakajima E2N 1929 Built between 1927 and 1929, this two-seat twin-float sesquiplane was powered by a 224kW Hispano-Suiza ... read more ... Intended to supersede the A1N1 and A1N2 in service, the NY prototype first flew in ... read more ... Nakajima A2N 1930 Nakajima E4N 1930 read more ... A Japanese army requirement of 1927 for a new single-seat fighter was contested by Nakajima, ... read more ... Nakajima Type 91 1931 Nakajima E8N "DAVE" 1934 Designed to replace the company's E4N2 in navy service, Nakajima's MS submission was basically an ... read more ... Extensively test-flown in 1934, the Nakajima Ki-4 sesquiplane had divided landing gear with streamlined wheel ... read more ... Nakajima Ki-4 1934 Nakajima A4N 1935 The 1930s were a busy time for the Nakajima company. A whole series of experimental ... read more ... When in mid-1935 Kawasaki, Mitsubishi and Nakajima were instructed by the Imperial Japanese Army to build competitive prototypes ... read more ... Nakajima Ki-27 "NATE" 1936 Nakajima Ki-34 / L1N1 "THORA" 1936 Nakajima acquired from Douglas Aircraft in the USA licence-construction rights for the DC-2 civil transport. ... read more ... Designed to a 1935 requirement, and already in service for four years when Japan entered the war, ... read more ... Nakajima B5N "KATE" 1937 Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa" / "OSCAR" 1939 With its relatively low-powered radial engine, two-blade propeller and twin rifle-calibre machine-gun armament, the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (peregrine falcon) ... read more ... The Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (storm dragon) was designed early in 1938 to replace the JAAF's successful Mitsubishi Ki-21 ... read more ... Nakajima Ki-49 "Donryu" / "HELEN" 1939 Nakajima Ki-44 "Shoki" / "TOJO" 1940 Of similar general configuration to the Ki-43, the Nakajima Ki-44 prototypes incorporated the manoeuvring flaps that had been ... read more ... At a time when the triumphs of the B5N were still almost three years in the ... read more ... Nakajima B6N "Tenzan" / "JILL" 1941 Nakajima J1N "Gekko" / "IRVING" 1941 Just as specialist night-fighter design had largely been ignored by European nations before World War II, Japan's similar ... read more ... Japan was the only nation to produce and deliver into service float-equipped single-seat interceptor fighter seaplanes (the British ... read more ... Nakajima A6M2-N "RUFE" 1941 Nakajima G5N "Shinzan" / "LIZ" 1941 The first prototype flew on April 10, 1941. 7 built. read more ... Early experience in the Pacific war showing the need for a long-range carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft, ... read more ... Nakajima C6N "Saiun" / "MYRT" 1943 Nakajima Ki-84 "Hayate" / "FRANK" 1943 Best of all Japanese fighters available in quantity during the last year of the war, the Nakajima ... read more ... Developed as the Experimental 18-Shi Heavy Bomber Renzan (Nakajima G8N1), this was a very advanced ... read more ... Nakajima G8N "Renzan" / "RITA" 1944 Nakajima J5N "Tenrai" 1944 Designed by Katsuji Nakamura and Kazuo Ohno and built to an 18-Shi specification for a ... read more ... Encouraged by enthusiastic reports of the German Messerschmitt Me 262 from the Japanese air attache in Berlin, the ... read more ... Nakajima "Kikka" 1945 Nakajima Ki-115 "Tsurugi" 1945 In January 1945 Nakajima was ordered by the Imperial Japanese Army to design and develop, ... read more ... The first prototype flew in April 1945. One built. read more ... Nakajima Ki-87 1945