DeAgostini Japanese Military Aircraft

Imperial Japanese Army Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony" Fighter - 5th Chutai, 55th Sentai, Kita Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945 [No Magazine or Bookcase Packaging] (1:72 Scale)

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien ("Swallow") fighter represented a major departure for Japanese aircraft design in World War II. While other Japanese fighters were designed with air-cooled radials and were optimized for maneuverability, the Ki-61 used a liquid-cooled in-line engine and was designed for speed and power.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" Dive Bomber - Air Group Commander Lt. Joichi Tomonaga, IJN Hiryu, Battle of Midway, 1942 [No Magazine or Bookcase Packaging] (1:72 Scale)

The Nakajima B5N (Allied reporting name: Kate) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard torpedo bomber for the first years of World War II. While the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator and Fairey Swordfish, it was close to obsolescence by the time of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M5c "Zero" Fighter - 203 Kokutai, Rengo Kantai, 1945 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. It is universally known as Zero from its Japanese Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter (Rei shiki Kanjo sentoki), taken from the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940), when it entered service.

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Imperial Japanese Army Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa "Oscar" Fighter - MSgt. Akira Sugimoto, 3rd Chutai, 54th Sentai, 1943 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) was numerically the most important fighter used by the Japanese Army Air Force during the Pacific War. It remained in production from the beginning of the Pacific War until its end in August 1945.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden "Jack" Fighter - Lt(jg) Yoshihiro Aoki, 352nd Kokutai, Omura Air Base, Japan, 1945 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden ("Lightning Bolt") is a single-engined land-based fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. The Allied reporting name was "Jack".

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Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Model 11 "Val" Dive Bomber - PO3c Tokuji Iizuka, Akagi, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7th, 1941 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Aichi D3A Type 99 Carrier Bomber (Allied reporting name "Val") is a World War II carrier-borne dive bomber. It was the primary dive bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and was involved in almost all IJN actions, including the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-kai "George" Fighter - Lt. Naoshi Kanno, 343 Kokutai, 304 Hikotai "Shinsen-Gumi," 1945 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Kawanishi Shiden-Kai ("Violet Lightning") was one of the best fighters produced for the Japanese Navy during WWII, essentially a ground-based variant of the Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu "Rex" seaplane. The N1K2-J and its predecessor, the N1K1-J, derived from Kawanishi N1K1 seaplane fighter (code name "Rex"), arose from a development ordered by the Imperial Navy in 1940.

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Imperial Japanese Army Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony" Fighter - Capt. Teruhiko Kobayashi, 244th Sentai, Chofu Air Base, Japan, 1945 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien ("Swallow") fighter represented a major departure for Japanese aircraft design in World War II. While other Japanese fighters were designed with air-cooled radials and were optimized for maneuverability, the Ki-61 used a liquid-cooled in-line engine and was designed for speed and power.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi B7A2 Ryusei "Grace" Dive-Bomber - Kougeki (Attack) 5th Hikotai, 752nd Kokutai, 1945 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Aichi B7A Ryusei (Ryūsei, "Shooting Star", Allied reporting name "Grace") was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki KK for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second World War.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M2B "Zero" Model 21 Fighter - Lt(jg) Shigehisa Yamamoto, Akagi, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7th, 1941 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. It is universally known as Zero from its Japanese Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter (Rei shiki Kanjo sentoki), taken from the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940), when it entered service.

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Imperial Japanese Army Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate "Frank" Fighter - Shiro Funahashi, 1st Chutai, 22nd Sentai, Fussa, Japan, 1944 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Hayate (Gale) was specifically meant as the successor to the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa. It was one of the best fighters of the Japanese forces during the closing stages of the War, and was available in useful numbers and without any teething problems.

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Imperial Japanese Army Nakajima Ki-44-II Shoki "Tojo" Fighter - 3rd Chutai, 47th Hiko Sentai, Narimasu Airfield, Japan, 1944 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki ("Demon") was a single-seat fighter-interceptor developed by the Nakajima Aircraft Company and operated by the Imperial Japanese Army from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Its official designation is Army Type 2 Single-Seat Fighter and its Allied reporting name was Tojo.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M2A "Zero" Fighter - 3-112, 12 Kokutai, China, 1941 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. It is universally known as Zero from its Japanese Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter (Rei shiki Kanjo sentoki), taken from the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940), when it entered service.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Kyushu J7W1 Shinden Fighter [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Kyushu J7W Shinden ("Magnificent Lightning") was a World War II Japanese propeller-driven prototype fighter with wings at the rear of the fuselage, a nose-mounted canard, and pusher engine.

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Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Kawasaki Ki-100 Fighter - 5th Sentai, 1945 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Kawasaki Ki-100 is a single-seat single-engine monoplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service during World War II. The Japanese Army designation was "Type 5 Fighter" (Go-shiki sentouki or abbreviated as Goshikisen). It was not assigned an Allied code name.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A7M2 Reppu "Sam" Fighter - Third Prototype, 1944 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) was numerically the most important fighter used by the Japanese Army Air Force during the Pacific War. It remained in production from the beginning of the Pacific War until its end in August 1945.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" Dive Bomber - Fuchita Mitsuo, IJN Akagi, Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Nakajima B5N (Allied reporting name: Kate) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard torpedo bomber for the first years of World War II. While the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator and Fairey Swordfish, it was close to obsolescence by the time of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

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Imperial Japanese Army Nakajima Ki-27 Type 97 "Nate" Fighter - Lt. Col. Toshio Kato, 1st Sentai, Nomonhan, Mongolia, 1939 [With Collector Magazine] (1:72 Scale)

The Nakajima Ki-27 (Type 97 Fighter) was the main fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force up until 1940. Its Allied nickname was "Nate", although it was called "Abdul" in the "China Burma India" (CBI) theater by many post war sources; Allied Intelligence had reserved that name for the nonexistent Mitsubishi Navy Type 97 fighter, expected to be the successor to the carrier-borne Type 96 (Mitsubishi A5M) with retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M3 "Zero" Fighter - Kazuo Tsunoda, 2nd Kokutai, Buna Airfield, New Guinea, 1942 (1:72 Scale)

Aside from the early-morning raid on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, perhaps the biggest shock for American forces in the Pacific was the outstanding performance of the Imperial Navy's main carrier fighter, the beautifully proportioned Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero-Sen.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi J8M Shusui Rocket-Powered Interceptor (1:72 Scale)

The Mitsubishi J8M Shusui (literally "Autumn Water", used as a poetic term meaning "Sharp Sword" deriving from the swishing sound of a sword) was a Japanese World War II rocket-powered interceptor aircraft closely based on the German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.

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