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|caption= C/n 2068 flying as 'S11' of TAIU-SWPA
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|designation=[[:Category:Nakajima Ki-44|Nakajima Ki-44 'Tojo']]
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=History=
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==History==
Originally operated by the Akeno Kyōdō Hikōshidan (The Akeno Army Air Training School)<ref>Ferkl, Martin:Nakajima Ki-44 Shóki. 2009, REVI Publications, Ostrava, Czech Republic. ISBN 80-85957-15-9 pp.34-39, 93-95</ref>, with tail code '''2068''', this aircraft was tested by [[TAIU-SWPA]] at Clark Field, Philippines, during June 1945.
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Originally operated by the Akeno Kyōdō Hikōshidan (The Akeno Army Air Training School)<ref>Ferkl 2009, pp.34-39, 93-95.</ref> construction number '''2068''', this aircraft, was found on Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines March 1945. It was repaired and tested by [[:Category:TAIU-SWPA|TAIU-SWPA]] as '''S11''' at Clark Field until a crash in June 1945.
 
<gallery>file:CINCPAC-105-45-7.jpg|The Ki-44 II Hei 'S11' as flown by TAIU-SWPA
 
<gallery>file:CINCPAC-105-45-7.jpg|The Ki-44 II Hei 'S11' as flown by TAIU-SWPA
 
file:CINCPAC-105-45-8.jpg|Another page from the recognition manual published by TAIU-SWPA</gallery>
 
file:CINCPAC-105-45-8.jpg|Another page from the recognition manual published by TAIU-SWPA</gallery>
== References ==
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==Sources==
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* Brindley, John F. ''Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki ('Tojo'), Aircraft in Profile no.255''. Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1973. No ISBN.
 
* Bueschel, Richard M. ''Nakajima Ki.44 Shoki Ia,b,c/IIa,b,c in Japanese Army AIr Force Service''. Canterbury, Kent, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1971. ISBN 0-85045-040-3. (Also published by Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books, 1996. ISBN 0-88740-914-8).
 
* Ferkl, Martin. ''Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki'' (in English). Ostrava, Czech Republic: Revi Publications, 2009. ISBN 80-85957-15-9.
 
* Francillon, Ph.D., René J. ''Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War''. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970 (second edition 1979). ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
 
* Green, William. ''War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Three: Fighters''. London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1961 (seventh impression 1973). ISBN 0-356-01447-9.
 
* Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. ''WW2 Aircraft Fact Files: Japanese Army Fighters, Part 2''. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1977. ISBN 0-354-01068-9.
 
* "Nakajima Ki.44 (鍾馗 : 二式単座戦闘機. / Shōki : nishiki tanza sentōki.)" (in Japanese). ''Maru Mechanic'' No. 9, March 1978.
 
* Millman, Nicholas. ''Aircraft of the Aces 100: Ki-44 "Tojo" Aces of World War 2''. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2011. ISBN 978-1-84908-440-6.
 
 
 
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[[Category:World War 2]]
 
[[Category:Nakajima Ki-44]]
 
[[Category:Nakajima Ki-44]]

Latest revision as of 18:14, 15 November 2020


History[]

Originally operated by the Akeno Kyōdō Hikōshidan (The Akeno Army Air Training School)[1] construction number 2068, this aircraft, was found on Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines March 1945. It was repaired and tested by TAIU-SWPA as S11 at Clark Field until a crash in June 1945.

Sources[]

  1. Ferkl 2009, pp.34-39, 93-95.