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" (三式戦闘機). [2]

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 engine. The first prototype flew in Dec 1941 and saw the first combat mission in …

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. Doi wrote in his Maru Mecha magazine

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 increased to 100 aircraft per month in November 1943, and reached a peak of 254 aircraft per month in July 1944.

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 licensed version of the German Daimler-Benz DB-601A engine.

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 attempt by the JAAF to incorporate in a fighter design the armour protection and self-sealing fuel tank which had been shown to be indispensable by early war reports receiv...

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 mounted German made 20mm Mg151/20 cannons and …

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" (三式戦闘機).

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 Hamamatsu. The number "88" on the wheel covers was in red outlined in white.