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To: central_va; jmacusa

And for those who, like me, had a memory lapse on the Shiden Kai’s Allied code name it was “George.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K

From the deep recesses of my memory, I recall reading that when the Ki-84/Frank was tested using 100 octane avgas, its performance easily matched and slightly exceeded the Hellcat, Corsair, and P-51.


22 posted on 01/07/2019 4:21:14 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

The Ki-84 was the most competitive fighter they produced: too few too late. Fast, maneuverable, good climb.

Excellent all-around performance, especially at altitude, to intercept the B-29, which had turbo-superchargers for high-altitude precision daylight bombing.


43 posted on 01/08/2019 1:35:05 AM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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