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Nakajima A1N2 type 3 'NI-203' IJN Kaga Japan 1931-1932 WIKI.
Nakajima A1N2 type 3 'NI-203' IJN Kaga Japan  1931-1932  WIKI.png

Nakajima A1N2 type 3 'NI-203' IJN Kaga Shanghai 1932 color profile WIKI.png
 
Is that a Flycatcher built under license?
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A1N
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RoleFighter
ManufacturerNakajima
DesignerH. P. Folland (Gloster Aircraft Company)
First flight12 December 1927
Introduction1929
Retired1935
Primary userIJN Air Service
Number built151
Developed fromGloster Gambet
The Nakajima A1N, or Navy Type 3 Carrier Fighter, was a Japanese carrier-based fighter of the late-1920s and early-1930s. It was a licensed copy of the British Gloster Gambet fighter, built by the Nakajima Aircraft Company for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Approximately 150 were built in two versions, the A1N1 and A1N2.
 
IJN Battleship Yamato with full speed of 27.46 knot during trial off the coast of Sukumo on October 20, 1941.

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Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 8・太平洋戦争 2)(Dec.1978)
First time I've seen this picture. This is probably the first "new" picture I've seen of Yamato since I was a kid.
 
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