The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine falcon"), formal Japanese designation Army Type 1 Fighter (一式戦闘機, Ichi-shiki sentōki) is a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by …

Mar 28, 2007 · The Ki-43, Type 1 (1940) Army Fighter, known to the Japanese as the Hayabusa, and code-named Oscar by the Allies. It was a slow, fragile and lightly armed, but an …

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) Often mistaken for Mitsubishi’s A6M Zero, the Hayabusa (reporting name Oscar) was the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service’s primary land-based …

The Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar succeeded the Ki-27 as the Japanese Army’s lead­ing fighter. The Ki-43 Oscar was also the first modern Japanese fighter to appear in the Pacific theater of …

The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine Falcon") was a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II.

Nakajima aptly named the Ki-43 after this impressive raptor for the fighter served the Japanese Army in higher numbers than any other army type. Wherever the army fought, the Hayabusa …

Describes the development history, photos, technical specification and line drawings of the Japan Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Oscar single-seat land-based radial-engined interceptor fighter. …

The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, or ‘Oscar,’ was a symbol of Japan’s innovative approach to World War II fighter aircraft. Its agility and speed set it apart, challenging Allied pilots across the …

With its relatively low-powered radial engine, two-blade propeller and twin rifle-calibre machine-gun armament, the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (peregrine falcon) was the most dangerously …

Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa (Oscar) As with the Japanese Navy’s A6M Zero fighter the Army’s Ki-43 Hayabusa or Peregrine Falcon came as a shock to American and British pilots when war …