The Nakajima Aircraft Company - 中島飛行機株式会社
Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 01:11 AM
The Nakajima Aircraft Company (Japanese:中島飛行機株式会社) was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer throughout World War II.
It was founded in 1917 by Nakajima Chikuhei and took the name Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1931.
Nakajima Aircraft Company had the following plants including Tokyo plant, Musashino plant, Donryu plant, Ota plant(currently plant of Fuji Heavy Industories) near Ota station, Koizumi plant(currently palnt of Sanyo) near Nishi-Koizumi station. Ota plant and Koizumi plant were bombed on Febrary 10th, 1945 and April 3rd, 1945 respectively to be damaged critically.
Nakajima was best known for its nimble fighter aircraft during the early years of the war.
Nakajima A2N - 1930 carrier biplane fighter
Nakajima Type 91 - - 1931 parasol monoplane fighter
Nakajima A4N 1935 carrier-borne fighter
Nakajima Ki-27 Late 1936 Army monoplane fighter
Nakajima Ki-43 隼 "Hayabusa" Oscar 1939 Army fighter
Nakajima Ki-44 鍾馗 "Shoki" Tojo 1940 Army fighter
Nakajima Ki-201
Nakajima J1N 月光 "Gekko" Irving 1941 Navy land-based night fighter
Nakajima Ki-84 疾風 "Hayate" Frank 1943 Army fighter
Nakajima J5N 天雷 "Tenrai" - 1944 Navy land-based interceptor
Nakajima Ki-87
Jet Prototypes:
Nakajima Ki-201 火龍 "Karyu" - 1945 Navy land-based jet, project only
Nakajima Kikka
After Japan's defeat, the company was reborn as Fuji Heavy Industries, maker of Subaru automobiles.
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