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Nakajima Ki-43-I Hayabusa in RoCAF no.P-5017 INHG
Nakajima Ki-43 in RoCAF service WIKI
Nakajima Ki-43 in RoCAF service WIKI
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Put him in a cardigan, take his uniform and ask him to sing, "Won't you be my neighbor."Werner Mölders is awarded the Knight's Cross on 29 May 1940 as
Hauptmann & Gruppenkommandeur of III./Jagdgeschwader 53.
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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 Boston AL904, still in crates at Tjilatjap, fell into Japanese hands and was later flown over to Japan ACAD
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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). WARTI 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?