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This is the story of the elite Japanese Army Air force (JAAF) aces that flew the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Swallow), and the Ki-100 Goshikisen in the Pacific Theatre of World War 2. The former, codenamed 'Tony' by the allies, was a technically excellent aircraft, possessing power, stability and a good rate of climb - differing radically from the usual Japanese philosophy of building light, ultra-manoeuvrable fighters. Its pilots soon realised, however, that the type was plagued by a number of dangerous mechanical issues. Then as the war moved relentlessly closer to Japan's doorstep, a desperate, expedient innovation to the Ki-61 airframe by fitting it with a radial instead of inline engine resulted in one of the finest fighters of World War 2 - the Ki-100. This book uses the latest findings to provide a gripping account of some of the most remarkable and hard-pressed fighter pilots of the war. It reveals how these men, unlike so many of their unfortunate late-war colleagues, could surprise Allied aircraft in high-performance fighters and claim successes in the face of enormous odds.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Warfare & defence Weapons & equipment

• Full title: Ki-61 and Ki-100 Aces
• Author: Nicholas Millman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9781780962955
• ISBN: 1780962959
• ID: 09343702
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 332 g
• Dimensions: 233 × 185 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. November 2015

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