This is the story of the elite Japanese Army Air force (JAAF) aces that flew the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Swallow), and the Ki-100 Goshikisen in the Pacific Theatre of World War 2.
Nicholas Millman. INTRODUCTION The Kawasaki Ki - 61 ' Hien ' ( ' Swallow in Flight ' Allied codename ' Tony ' ) or Type 3 single - seat fighter was the only Japanese inline - engined ( liquid - cooled ) operational fighter to serve in ...
... Ki-100-Ib, seen here on display in the shadow of Avro Lincoln B 2 RF398 at RAF Museum Cosford. It was found at Tan ... Kawasaki. Ki-100. Goshikisen. From March 9, 1945, American forces began to encounter yet another late war IJAAF fighter ...
... Kawasaki Ki 45 Toryu Huggins , Mark . “ Slayer of Dragons , " Fly Past No. 202 ( May , 1998 ) : 28–30 ; No. 203 ... 100 Bueschel , Richard M. Kawasaki Ki - 61 / Ki - 100 Hien in Japanese Army Air Force Service . Atglen , PA : Schiffer ...
Tony Holmes. KAWASAKI Ki-100 SPECIFICATIONS (Ki-100 Otsu) Crew: Pilot Considered by many to be the IJAAF's best fighter of the war, the Ki-100 was born out of an urgent need for an aircraft that could intercept USAAF B-29s raiding the ...
... Kawasaki Ki-61-II (Army Type 3 Fighter Model 1 Hien (Swallow)), code- name “Tony”, (Serial No. 299), incomplete, parts from Papua New Guinea. Treloar Centre, Canberra, Australia.86 Kawasaki Ki-100–1b (Army Type 5 Fighter Model 1A) ...