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Nakajima Ki-43-I Hayabusa in RoCAF no.P-5017 INHG
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Nakajima Ki-43 in RoCAF service WIKI
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I wonder what their impression of it was. If it did have characteristics they liked, did they have time to incorporate any of its features in any designs?
The Japanese had researched and tested these aircraft thoroughly and were very curious about the front wheel shock absorbers that they copied. The overall Japanese rating of the Douglas DB-7B(C) was not very good. It was found to have poor performance, low maneuverability, poor defensive armament and payload (the DB-7C payload was 900 kg, and the basic Japanese bombers at that time were 1000 kg for the Ki-49 and 1000 kg for the G4M). WART
 
B-25B bombers and a Navy F4F Wildcat fighter on the flight deck USS Hornet, while en route to the launching point of the Doolittle Raid, April 18, 1942. Wooden dummy machine guns can be observed on the tail of the B-25 BRIT
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