The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕, "flying swallow ") is a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft. Used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, it was designated the "Army Type 3 Fighter" (三式 …

The Ki-61 Hien ("flying swallow") Army Type 3 Fighters were designed around a Kawasaki Ha-40 V12 engine which was actually a license-built version of the German Daimler-Benz DB 601A …

Jun 13, 2016 · The Ki-61 / Ki-100 series were capable of up to 850km/h IAS in a dive and pilot testimonies indicate the airframe and the wings could withstand even more. The designer Dr. …

May 8, 2019 · The first production model was the Ki.61-I Hien Type 3 Fighter Model 1, production commencing at the Kagamigahara plant, 34 fighters being delivered in 1942. Production …

Fighter Ki-61 "Hien" ("Swallow") was a unique machine among Japanese combat aircraft of the Second World War. It was equipped with the Na-40 inverted V-piston engine, which was a …

Mar 5, 2020 · With its liquid-cooled engine, long tapered nose and wings of high aspect ratio, the Ki-61 was unique among Nipponese fighter aircraft of World War II and it marked the first …

Captain Fumisuke Shono’s Kawasaki Ki-61-I Hei “Hien” fighter of the 244th Sentai over Tokyo Bay in February of 1945. This variant of the Hien known as the Hei model carried 2x wing …

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕, "flying swallow") is a Japanese Second World War fighter aircraft. Used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, it was designated the "Army Type 3 Fighter" …

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien; (eng:'Flying Swallow') was a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS).

Jan 14, 2018 · Ground crew members maintain Hien "88" at Chofu airfield. The date is sometime between March, when the plane got camouflaged, and May when the unit relocated to …