Registration / Serial: | S17 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
Aircraft Version: | Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
C/n (msn): | 1446 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | TAIU-SWPA - Technical Air Intelligence Unit - South West Pacific Area |
Location: | In Flight |
Country: | Philippines |
Photo Date: | June 1945 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 682100Submit Correction |
View count: | 284 |
The Ki-84 Hayate (gale) or 'Frank' is considered the best Japanese fighter available in large numbers during WWII - some 3400 examples were produced from late 1943. This aircraft, captured in the Philippines, was shipped to America in 1945 and later flew as a warbird, N3385G. Sold to Japan in 1973. The only surviving Ki-84, it has been preserved in a museum in Chiran, near Kagoshima, since 1997. Photo from: US Navy - National Naval Aviation Museum
Registration / Serial: | S17 |
Aircraft Version: | Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
C/n (msn): | 1446 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight | Country: | Philippines |
Photo Date: | June 1945 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | S17 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
Aircraft Version: | Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
C/n (msn): | 1446 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | TAIU-SWPA - Technical Air Intelligence Unit - South West Pacific Area |
Location: | In Flight |
Country: | Philippines |
Photo Date: | June 1945 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 682100Submit Correction |
View count: | 284 |
The Ki-84 Hayate (gale) or 'Frank' is considered the best Japanese fighter available in large numbers during WWII - some 3400 examples were produced from late 1943. This aircraft, captured in the Philippines, was shipped to America in 1945 and later flew as a warbird, N3385G. Sold to Japan in 1973. The only surviving Ki-84, it has been preserved in a museum in Chiran, near Kagoshima, since 1997. Photo from: US Navy - National Naval Aviation Museum
Registration / Serial: | S17 |
Aircraft Version: | Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
C/n (msn): | 1446 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight | Country: | Philippines |
Photo Date: | June 1945 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |