... Kawasaki. Ki-48. “Lily”. The Ki-48 was created in direct response to the appearance of the Tupolev SB-2 bomber in Chinese skies in the fall of 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the IJAAF instructing Kawasaki to design a twinengined ...
... Kawasaki Ki 48 Japan At the beginning of World War II , the Ki 48 was Japan's most important light bomber . Slow and underarmed , it was never much of a threat against improving Allied defenses . By 1938 Japanese forces operating in ...
... Kawasaki Ki-48 Lily The twin-engine, high-speed light bomber Kawasaki Ki-48 'Sokei' (Army Type 99 and Allied code-name 'Lily') was developed at the end of 1937. Largely inspired by the Soviet Tupolev SB, the aircraft served in China ...
Stewart Wilson. Kawasaki Ki - 48 Kawasaki Ki - 61 Hien Country of origin : Japan . Type : Four seat light bomber . Powerplants : Ki - 48-1 two 1000hp ( 746kW ) Nakajima Ha - 25 14- cylinder radials . Ki - 48 - II - two 1130hp ( 842kW ) ...