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The World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft were reporting names, often described as codenames, given by Allied personnel to Imperial Japanese aircraft during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The names were used by Allied personnel to identify aircraft operated by the Japanese for reporting and descriptive purposes. Generally ...
Allied Code name First flown Number built Service Kawanishi N1K Kyofu Navy Fighter Seaplane: Rex 1942 1532 IJN: Kawanishi N1K1-J/N1K2-J Shiden Navy Land-Based Interceptor: George 1943 1435 IJN: Kawasaki Ki-10 Army Type 95 Fighter: Perry 1935 588 IJA: Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu Army Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter: Nick 1941 1370 IJA Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Army ...
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.
After World War II, most of these overseas Japanese repatriated to Japan. The Allied powers repatriated over six million Japanese nationals from colonies throughout Asia. [41] On the other hand, some remained overseas involuntarily, as in the case of orphans in China or prisoners of war captured by the Red Army and forced to work in Siberia. [42]
World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft This page was last edited on 16 February 2024, at 17:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (鍾馗, "Devil Queller") [2] was a single-seat fighter-interceptor which was developed by the Nakajima Aircraft Company and operated by the Imperial Japanese Army from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Its official designation was Army Type 2 Single-Seat Fighter (二式単座戦闘機) and its Allied reporting name was ...
Japanese names are used here, not World War II Allied codenames. The prefix "Ki" in this list is an abbreviation of "Kitai", meaning "airframe", and was used only by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.
defence plan against potential American invasion of the Japanese home islands Operation Kikusui: 1945: special attack against American ships off Okinawa, Japan Operation Tan 2: 1945: special attack mission against the Allied anchorage at Ulithi, Caroline Islands Operation Ten-Go: 1945: defence plan in 1945, consisting of four likely scenarios.