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The Japanese military aircraft designation systems for the Imperial period (pre-1945) had multiple designation systems for each armed service. This led to the Allies' use of code names during World War II, and these code names are still better known in English-language texts than the real Japanese names for the aircraft.
Aircraft Allied Code Name First Flown Number Built Service Kawasaki Ki-48 Army Type 99 Twin-engined Light Bomber: Lily 1940 1997 IJA: Kawasaki Ki-32 Army Type 98 Light Bomber: Mary 1937 854 IJA: Mitsubishi G3M Navy Type 96 Land-based Attack Aircraft: Nell 1935 1048 IJN: Mitsubishi G4M Navy Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft: Betty 1941 2435 IJN
This list of military aircraft of Japan includes project, prototype, pre-production and operational types regardless of era. This includes both domestically developed Japanese designs, licensed variants of foreign designs, and foreign-produced aircraft that served in the military of Japan.
One was the manufacturer's alphanumeric project code, and the other was the official military designation, which consisted of a description of the aircraft plus the year it entered service. For example, the military designation of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter was the "Navy Type 96 Carrier Fighter".
62 or 762 (outside Japan homeland) 762 with squadron code (Late 1944) Also known as the Shine Corps ... Japanese Military Aircraft Illustrated Vol. 1, Fighters, 1982.
The following is a list of aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (1912–1945). The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service was in existence from its inception in 1912 until its dissolution in 1945.
Together with reserve aircraft and the headquarters flight, an Air Combat Group typically had 45 aircraft (fighter) or up to 30 aircraft (bomber or reconnaissance). Two or more Air Combat Groups formed an Air Brigade ( 飛行団 , Hikōdan ) , which, together with base and support units and a number of Independent Squadrons, formed an Air Corps ...
The Emperor's Codes: Bletchley Park and the breaking of Japan's secret ciphers. London: Bantam Press. ISBN 0593-046412. Smith, Michael and Erskine, Ralph (editors): Action this Day (2001, Bantam London; pages 127-151) ISBN 0-593-04910-1 (Chapter 8: An Undervalued Effort: how the British broke Japan’s Codes by Michael Smith)