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The J2M was a sleek, but stubby craft with its oversized Mitsubishi Kasei engine buried behind a long cowling, cooled by an intake fan and connected to the propeller with an extension shaft. Teething development problems stemming from the engine cooling system, and the main undercarriage members led to a slowdown in production. [ 3 ]
Mitsubishi J2M 雷電 "Raiden" Jack 1942 Navy land-based interceptor; Nakajima J5N 天雷 "Tenrai" 1944 Navy land-based interceptor; Kyushu J7W 震電 "Shinden" 1945 Navy interceptor; Mitsubishi J8M / Ki-200 秋水 "Shusui" 1945 Navy and Army rocket interceptor, based on the Messerschmitt Me 163
J2M may refer to: Mitsubishi J2M , Raiden (Thunderbolt), Allied reporting name "Jack," a World War II-era fighter aircraft Movement 2 June , a former West German militant group based in West Berlin
Mitsubishi Aircraft Company [1] (Mitsubishi Kōkūki) was the new name given by the Mitsubishi Company (Mitsubishi Shōkai), in 1928, to its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Internal Combustion (Mitsubishi Nainenki), to reflect its changing role as an aircraft manufacturer catering to the growing demand for military aircraft in Japan.
At the end of the war, Akamatsu flew the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden fighter. [2] Akamatsu was credited with shooting down 11 enemy aircraft over China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, including four in a single engagement near Nanchang on 25 February 1938.
the N1K-J, Mitsubishi J2M, Mitsubishi F1M2, in addition to the Mitsubishi A6M Zero and its floatplane derivative, the Nakajima A6M2-N. Empire of Japan: Type 89 FIXED: 7.7x56mm R: 1937: Modified Type 89 fixed: Type 4 heavy machine gun Heavy machine gun: Recoil operated: Empire of Japan: 1944
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden. The Suzuka Naval Arsenal (鈴鹿海軍工廠, Suzuka kaigun kōshō) was a production facility for aviation ordnance, light arms, and munitions for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was located in the city of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan, and opened in June 1943.
Jiro Horikoshi was born near the city of Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1903.Horikoshi graduated from the newly established Aviation Laboratory (Kōkū Kenkyūjo) within the Engineering Department of the University of Tokyo, [1] and started his career in Mitsubishi Internal Combustion Engine Company Limited, which later became Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagoya Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.