ahanswurst
Airman
- 50
- Apr 1, 2004
The Kawasaki NIK2-J Shinden-Kai George 21 could fly 370 mph and up to 35,300 feet It was probably the best fighter the Japanese had to bring down the B-29's . There were 480 Georges built and the Japanese did not have high octane aviation fuel. They uses a fuel extracted from pine tar and mixed that with their gasoline to get a 87 octane fuel. When WW2 ended they had some F4U Corsairs escort some Georges to another base . The Japanese pilot's airplanes were fueled with 100 octane fuel and they pulled away from the Corsairs. The Corsairs could fly 417 mph. So if the Japanese had 100 octane fuel available for their airplanes the B-29's would have been in serious trouble. As it was the Georges and Raidens accounted for more B-29's shot down that we have been told of.