Kawasaki Ki-45
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The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryū is a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The army gave it the designation "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter"; the Allied reporting n
Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryū
Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai C; Army Type 2 two-seat fighter Model C of the 53rd Hiko Sentai
The fuselage of the sole surviving Ki-45 Kai C, on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, with a Schräge Musik-type vertical cannon mount behind the cockpit
Abandoned Ki-45s of the 71st Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai at Kallang Airfield, Singapore, in September 1945.
Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital of Tokyo and other places in Honshu during World War II. Launched on April 18, 1942, it was the first American air opera
Kawasaki Ki-45
…cockpit and often propulsive exhaust stacks. Soon after entering service, the Ki-45 was assigned to home defense, and several were dispatched against the Doolittle Raid, though they did not see action. The craft's heavy armament proved to be effective against the B-29 Superfortress raids, which started in June 1944…
Jimmy Doolittle and his B-25 Mitchell taking off from the USS Hornet for the raid
Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle wires a Japanese friendship medal to a bomb, for "return" to its originators.
A B-25 Mitchell taking off from USS Hornet for the raid
B-25 Mitchells aboard USS Hornet