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13 April 2018, Japan's Nakajima G8N Renzan (mountain range) bomber
The Nakajima G8N Renzan was to be a land based long range Naval bomber. Only four prototypes were completed by the end of World War II.
6 April 2018, Japan's Nakajima C6N Saiun (painted cloud) carrier reconnaissance
The Nakajima C6N Saiun was initially used as a carrier based reconnaissance aircraft but with the heavy losses of carriers they were made into night fighters.
30 March 2018, Japan's Nakajima G5N Shinzan (mountain recess) bomber
The Nakajima G5N was an attempt at producing a heavy long range bomber that failed.
25 March 2018, Japan's Nakajima J1N Gekko / Gekkō (moonlight)
The Nakajima J1N Gekko was originally designed for reconnaissance but was later modified into a night fighter.
24 March 2018, Japan's Nakajima E8N1 reconnaissance
Developed in the mid-1930s the Nakajima E8N was still being used during the first year of World War II.
18 March 2018, Japan's Mitsubishi J8M Shusui (sword stroke) fighter
The Japanese Military Attache in Germany became aware of the development of a jet interceptor and obtained the manufacturing rights for Japan. These eventually became the Mitsubishi J8M Shusui.
17 March 2018, Japan's Mitsubishi A7M Reppu (hurricane) fighter
The Mitsubishi A7M Reppu was to be the successor to the Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen but it never got priority and only 1 production aircraft was completed.
17 March 2018, Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen (zero fighter) fighter
The A6M2-K and A6M2-K5 variants of the Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen were used as two seat trainers. 515 were produced.
16 March 2018, Japan's Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (thunderbolt) fighter
Probably one of the best Japanese land based fighters of World War II the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden wasn't produced in very large numbers and were primarily used around the home islands.
9 March 2018, Japan's Mitsubishi A5M fighter
The Mitsubishi A5M Claude was a widely used fighter in China.
25 February 2018, Japan's Mitsubishi K3M trainer, Navy Type 90
The Mitsubishi K3M was used as a crew trainer for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
23 February 2018, Japan's Kyushu J7W Shinden (magnificent thunderbolt/lightning) fighter
The Kyushu J7W was the only canard style aircraft that was to be manufactured during World War II.
9 February 2018, Japan's Kyushu Q1W Tokai (eastern sea) anti-submarine, reconnaissance
The Kyushu Q1W1 was intended to help protect convoys from submarines but it was slow and poorly defended.
3 February 2018, Japan's Kyushu K11W Shiragiku (white chrysanthemum) trainer
The Kyushu K11W was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for training bomber crews.
2 February 2018, Japan's Kawanishi N1K Shiden (violent lightning / lightning flash) fighter
Based on a float plane the Kawanishi N1K1 was one of the better late war Japanese Navy fighters.