Kawasaki Ki-61

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕, "flying swallow") adalah pesawat tempur Perang Dunia II Jepang yang digunakan oleh Kekaisaran Jepang Angkatan Udara. Laporan Pertemuan pertama mengklaim Ki-61s adalah Messerschmitt Bf 109s: Laporan lebih lanjut menyatakan bahwa pesawat baru adalah desain Italia, yang menyebabkan nama Sekutu pelaporan "Tony", ditugaskan oleh Departemen Perang Amerika Serikat. penunjukan Angkatan Darat Jepang "Type Army 3 Fighter" (三式戦闘機). ini adalah satu-satunya diproduksi secara massal tempur perang Jepang untuk menggunakan mesin liquid-cooled inline V. Lebih dari 3.000 Ki-61s diproduksi. Prototipe awal melihat aksi lebih Yokohama selama Raid Halsey-Doolittle pada 18. April 1942, dan terus terbang misi tempur selama perang.

Operator

Jepang

Post War

Tiongkok

Indonesia

Referensi

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• KI-61 article on vectorsite (public domain)
• USN report on captured Ki-61 (pdf file)
• Japanese website dedicated to the Tokkotai JAAF and JNAF
• virtual page about performance of Ki-61Kai
• Profile drawings and artwork on the Ki-61
• The Many Faces of Tony "5017" - Article on Ki-61-II-Kai production No. 5017, still in existence
• Ki-61-II Tony Manufacture Number 640 - Covers the discovery, recovery and restoration in some detail