Looking for detailed pictures of Mitsubishi Ki-15 Karigane I 'Kamikaze'

[bobolex]

Hi, there are many press photos of the Ki-15 J-BAAI 'Kamikaze' during and after its record Tokyo-London flight of 1937, but I am looking for details pictures or sketches, particularly of the cockpit and the engine, but anything else may be interesting.

I know that Flight Magazine (April 15 1937 issue) has an article on the aircraft with at least one sketch of the interior. I would like to know what else may be in the article. And since there was so much media attention about the flight, I imagine other specialized publications may have some interesting stuff.

I already have a lot of (press) pictures of the aircraft landing, flying, etc. and the pilots, so that's probably not relevant (unless they are from the odd landing spots along the way, like Baghdad, Karachi, Vientiane, Taiwan, etc.), unless they are close up and show details of the airplane, obvioulsy.

Other versions of the Ki-15 may be similar ehough to be relevant, so details welcome there too.

And if anybody wants some of the info that I have already gathered about the flight, don't hesitate to ask !

 

[Shinpachi]

There seem no better data than your diagram for the cockpit.
These images are from the manuals of Ki-15-II and the engine Ha-8.

 

[bobolex]

Thank you very much for these images. Most of it is relevant, since the Karigane I and II were so similar (besides the engine). I will study them closely.
I do have one particular question about where the instruments panel is attached in the fuselage (at which structural element). I have a model kit (Fine Molds) that places it very deep forward (at the level of cut #2 in your diagram of the fuselage), and that seems very odd (it would be hard to see for the pilot, it seems).

 

[fubar57]

When you get around to building your kit...Mitsubishi's Ki-15 "Babs"

 

[Shinpachi]

where the instruments panel is attached in the fuselage (at which structural element).

Just behind the 2nd rib.

 

[Wurger]

 

[bobolex]

Just behind the 2nd rib.

That's what I thought ! It makes more sense than deep inside the fuselage, beyond the rudder pedals, as in the FineMolds Ki-15 series of kits.

Thank you very much !

And if you have more diagrams concerning the cockpit, I would love to see them too.

 

[bobolex]

Here is an image of the radio installation specific to the Kamikaze (and maybe other civilian (press-owned) Karigane Is) with separate transmitter and receiver. I suppose they would have had a particularly powerful radio equipment for the long-range trips.
This is pretty much the only detailed picture I have of the Kamikaze's cockpit.