Kawasaki Ki-100
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The Kawasaki Ki-100 is a single-seat single-engine monoplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service during World War II. The Japanese Army designation was "Type 5 Fighter". It
Kawasaki Ki-100 1b at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Ki-100-I-Ko Army Fighter Type 5 Mark 1a of 59th Sentai showing original faired rear fuselage
5th Sentai Ki-100-I-Otsu Army Fighter Type 5 Mark 1b, showing cut down rear fuselage
Kawasaki Ki-100-II. Turbocharger on underside is revealed by offset oil cooler, and additional intake on other side
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate
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The Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate is a single-seat fighter designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company. Flown by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in the last tw
Kawasaki Ki-100
…were rolled out of the factory between 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 aircraft grounded, the new engine was much more reliable. Although its maximum speed in level flight was a bit slow for…
Pictured in Ontario, California, in 1970. This is the only surviving example of the Ki-84. It is currently preserved at a museum in Chiran, Kagoshima.
Prototype Nakajima Ki-84 with unique exhaust stack, similar to a Ki-43's
The Tachikawa Ki-106, a derivative of the Ki-84
Ki 84 Right front view