Following the surrender of Japan in August 1945, the American occupational authorities sought to gather whatever aircraft developments were of potential interest. Naturally, the most cutting edge planes and engines…
I am in the process of writing a broad article about the Japanese Army's relationship with the German engine 'DB 605' and later similar developments. This will cover procurement, replication…
Today I've written this article to attempt to clarify the details of the different trainers that were made for the Japanese Navy's special attacker 'Ōka'. Particularly in English, but also…
The performance of the Type 4 Fighter (project name 'Ki-84') is a bit of a can of worms, and a subject of frequent debate. This is due to a significant…
As the threat of strategic bombing loomed over Japan from the middle of the Pacific War, the development of effective extreme-caliber aircraft guns was expedited by the Japanese Army. New…
