List of aircraft of Japan during World War II
This is a list of aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Fighters
Aircraft | Allied Code name | First flown | Number built | Service |
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Kawanishi N1K Kyofu Navy Fighter Seaplane | Rex | 1942 | 1532 | IJN |
Kawanishi N1K1-J/N1K2-J Shiden Navy Land-Based Interceptor | George | 1943 | 1435 | IJN |
Kawasaki Ki-10 Army Type 95 Fighter | Perry | 1935 | 588 | IJA |
Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu Army Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter | Nick | 1941 | 1370 | IJA |
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Army Type 3 Fighter | Tony | 1943 | 3159 | IJA |
Kawasaki Ki-100 Goshikisen Army Type 5 Fighter | n/a | 1945 | 395 | IJA |
Kawasaki Ki-102 Army Type 4 Assault Aircraft | Randy | 1944 | 238 | IJA |
Mitsubishi A5M Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter | Claude | 1937 | 1094 | IJN |
Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen Navy Type Zero Carrier Fighter | Zeke/Hamp | 1940 | 10939 | IJN |
Mitsubishi A7M Reppū Navy Carrier-based Fighter | Sam | 1944 | 10 | IJN |
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden Navy Interceptor Fighter | Jack | 1942 | 621 | IJN |
Mitsubishi Ki-46-III-Kai Army Type 100 Air Defence Fighter | Dinah | 1941 | 1742 | IJA, IJN |
Nakajima A6M2-N Navy Type 2 Interceptor/Fighter-Bomber | Rufe | 1941 | 327 | IJN |
Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko | Irving | 1941 | 479 | IJN |
Nakajima Ki-27 Army Type 97 Fighter | Nate | 1937 | 3368 | IJA |
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Army Type 1 Fighter | Oscar | 1939 | 5919 | IJA |
Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki Army Type 2 Single-Seat Fighter | Tojo | 1941 | 1225 | IJA |
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Army Type 4 Fighter | Frank | 1943 | 3514 | IJA |
Attack aircraft
Aircraft | Allied Code name | First flown | Number built | Service |
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Aichi D3A Navy Type 99 Carrier Bomber | Val | 1940 | 1486 | IJN |
Aichi B7A Ryusei Navy carrier torpedo bomber | Grace | 1942 | 114 | IJN |
Aichi M6A1 Seiran Navy Special Strike Submarine Bomber | n/a | 1943 | 28 | IJN |
Mitsubishi Ki-15 Army Type 97 Command Reconnaissance Plane | Babs | 1936 | 500~ | IJA |
Mitsubishi Ki-51 Army Type 99 Assault Plane | Sonia | 1939 | 2385 | IJA |
Mitsubishi B5M Navy Type 97 No.2 Carrier Attack Bomber | Mabel | 1937 | 125 | IJN |
Nakajima B5N Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber | Kate | 1937 | 1150~ | IJN |
Nakajima B6N Tenzan Navy Carrier Torpedo Bomber | Jill | 1941 | 1268 | IJN |
Tachikawa Ki-36 Army Type 98 Direct Co-operation Aircraft | Ida | 1938 | 1334 | IJA |
Yokosuka B4Y Navy Type 96 Carrier Attacker | Jean | 1935 | 205 | IJN |
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei Navy Carrier Dive bomber | Judy | 1942 | 2038 | IJN |
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka | Baka ('Fool' in Japanese)[1] | 1944 | 852 | IJN |
Bombers
Aircraft | Allied Code Name | First Flown | Number Built | Service |
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Kawasaki Ki-48 Army Type 99 Twin-engined Light Bomber | Lily | 1940 | 1997 | IJA |
Kawasaki Ki-32 Army Type 98 Light Bomber | Mary | 1937 | 854 | IJA |
Mitsubishi G3M Navy Type 96 Land-based Attack Aircraft | Nell | 1935 | 1048 | IJN |
Mitsubishi G4M Navy Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft | Betty | 1941 | 2435 | IJN |
Mitsubishi Ki-21 Army Type 97 Heavy Bomber | Sally | 1938 | 2064 | IJA |
Mitsubishi Ki-30 Army Type 97 Light bomber | Ann | 1938 | 704 | IJA |
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu Army Type 4 Heavy Bomber | Peggy | 1942 | 767 | IJA |
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu Army Type 100 Heavy Bomber | Helen | 1941 | 819 | IJA |
Yokosuka P1Y1 Ginga Navy Land-Based Bomber | Frances | 1943 | 1098 | IJN |
Reconnaissance aircraft
Trainers
Trainer aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II were frequently modified from operational aircraft and differentiated by the suffix letter "K". Japanese training aircraft were red-orange where combat aircraft would have been camouflaged.
Aircraft | Allied Code name | First flown | Number built | Service |
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Aichi M6A1-K Nanzan Navy Special Strike Submarine Bomber trainer | n/a | 1943 | 2 | IJN |
Kawanishi N1K2-K Shiden Navy Land Interceptor modified as Fighter Trainer | George | 1943 | IJN | |
Kyushu K10W1 Navy Type 2 Land-based Intermediate Trainer | Oak | 1941 | 176 | IJN |
Kyushu K11W1 Shiragiku Navy Operations Trainer | n/a | 1942 | 798 | IJN |
Kyushu Q1W1-K Tokai-Ren | Lorna | 1943 | 153 | IJN |
Mansyu Ki-79 Army Type 2 Advanced Trainer | Nate | 1936 | 1329 | IJA |
Mitsubishi A5M4-K Navy Carrier Fighter Type 96, model 4 | Claude | 1935 | 103 | IJN |
Mitsubishi A6M2-K & A6M5-K Navy Carrier Fighter Type 0 | Zeke | 1939 | 243 | IJN |
Mitsubishi G3M1/2-K | Nell | 1935 | 1048 | IJN |
Mitsubishi G6M1-K Navy Land Trainer | Betty | 1939 | IJN | |
Mitsubishi K3M Navy Type 90 Crew Training Aircraft | Pine | 1930 | 625 | IJN |
Nakajima A4N1-K | n/a | 1934 | 221 | IJN |
Tachikawa Ki-9 Army Type 95-1 Medium Grade Trainer | Spruce | 1935 | 2618 | IJA |
Tachikawa Ki-17 Army Type 95-3 Basic Grade Trainer | Cedar | 1935 | 560 | IJA |
Tachikawa Ki-55 Army Type 99 Advanced Trainer | Ida | 1939 | 1389 | IJA |
Yokosuka K5Y1 | Willow | 1933 | 5770 | IJN |
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 43 K-1 Kai | n/a | 1944 | 45 | IJN |
Yokosuka MXY-8 Akigusa | n/a | 1945 | 50-60 | IJN |
Transports
Aircraft | Allied Code name | First flown | Number built | Service |
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Kawasaki Ki-56 Army Type 1 Freight Transport & Tachikawa Navy Type LO | Thalia/Thelma | 1940 | 121 | IJA |
Mitsubishi Ki-57 Army Type 100 Transport | Topsy | 1940 | 406 | IJA & IJN |
Nakajima Ki-34 Army Type 97 Transport & Nakajima L1N Navy Type AT-2 Transport | Thora | 1936 | 351 | IJA & IJN |
Showa/Nakajima L2D Navy Type 0 Transport | Tabby | 1939 | 487 | IJN |
Mitsubishi Hinazuru-type Passenger Transport | n/a | 1936 | 11 | IJN |
A total of 85611 aircraft were produced by Japan in WW2.
Experimental aircraft
Aircraft | Allied Code name | First flown | Number built |
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Kyushu J7W Shinden | n/a | 3 August 1945 | 2 |
Mitsubishi Ki-83 | n/a | 1944 | 4 |
Mitsubishi J8M | n/a | 1944 | 7 |
Nakajima G8N | Rita | 1944 | 4 |
Nakajima Ki-87 | n/a | 1945 | 1 |
Tachikawa Ki-94-I | n/a | 1944 | 2 |
Tachikawa Ki-94-II | n/a | n/a | 2 |
References
- ^ "Baka… Flying Warhead | Lone Sentry Blog". Retrieved 2019-12-09.