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It was Bf-109 E-7.
Exact version of Ki-44 is unknown.
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It was Bf-109 E-7.Many thanks!
Do you know which version of the 109 and which of the Ki-44?
I think that some example of the E was shipped to Japan, but not sure if was a 1 or a 3.
The E7K1 must be an oddity with the liquid cooled engineIJN's representative aerial weapons in the early 1930s.
Type 89 flying boat (H2H)
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Type 94 reconnaissance seaplane (E7K1)
This was donated to IJN as Hokoku 66 together with 67 by Kurashiki Silk Fabric Co., Ltd.
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An observation baloon tied to the IJN light cruiser Yubari.
Hydrogen gas was so expensive it was not allowed to discharge soon unless it was not used for a long time.
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Source: Sea and Sky (Dec.1934)
Have you noticed this is a rare pic?The E7K1 must be an oddity with the liquid cooled engine
I know it must be a rare plane because Japan fielded very few liquid cooled planes in WW2 (Ki-61, D4Y and a large floatplane that can't recall if was E14 or E16) but my interwar and prewar knowledge is almost non existent, limited barely to the Ki-10 (liquid cooled BTW) and models that make to WW2 (A5M, G3M, Ki-27).Have you noticed this is a rare pic?
Many thanks!The air-cooled E7K was so good that IJN adopted it as Type 94 reconnaissance seaplane aka E7K2 formally and its prototype with the liquid-cooled engine was to be called E7K1.
E7K2
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Source: 九四式水上偵察機 - Wikipedia
Many thanks!Precise translation of each IJN aircraft code.
機種記号 Aircraft Code
A：艦上戦闘機 Carrier-based fighter
B：艦上攻撃機 Carrier-based attacker
C：偵察機 Reconnaissance plane
D：艦上爆撃機 Carrier-based bomber
E：水上偵察機 Reconnaissance floatplane
F：観測機 Observation plane
G：陸上攻撃機 Land-based attacker
H：飛行艇 Flying boat
J：陸上戦闘機 Land-based fighter
K：練習機 Trainer
L：輸送機 Transport plane
M：特殊攻撃機 Special attacker
N：水上戦闘機 Floatplane fighter
P：爆撃機 Bomber
Q：哨戒機 Patrol plane
R：陸上偵察機 Land-based reconnaissance plane
S：夜間戦闘機 Night fighter
MX：特殊機・特殊滑空機 Special plane/Special glider
Source: 軍用機の命名規則 (日本) - Wikipedia
Thanks to you. Highly interesting all your postsThanks David, everyone!