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Nakajima Aircraft Company

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The Nakajima Aircraft Company was a prominent Japanese aircraft and aviation engine manufacturer throughout the Second World War, founded in Tokyo by Chikuhei Nakajima in 1918. It continues as the car and aircraft manufacturer Subaru Corporation. Among its aircraft was the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a fighter of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its Japanese name was Nakajima Hikoki Kabushiki Kaisha. The company ceased to exist under that name in 1945.

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Founded Year
1918 1
Status
Defunct 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1945 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Manufacturer 1
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built by the Nakajima Aircraft Company for the Imperial Japanese Navy

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The A2N was originally developed as a private venture by Nakajima for the Imperial Japanese Navy

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Nakajima, which had previously built the Gloster Gambet (A1N1-2) for the Imperial Navy, initiated development of a carrier fighter

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and the last biplane designed by Nakajima

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Nakajima was chosen by the Imperial Japanese Navy to provide an interim floatplane

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was a prototype Japanese carrier-based torpedo-bomber aircraft of the 1930s

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Source Nakajima B5N (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was a carrier-based torpedo bomber designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company

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In December 1939 it issued a specification to Nakajima for a Navy Experimental 14-Shi Carrier Attack Aircraft

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Source Nakajima-Fokker C2N Reconnaissance Aircraft (History of War)Lead, licence production
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produced under license in Japan by Nakajima

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In 1935, the Nakajima Aircraft Company submitted a design

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Source Nakajima C6N Saiun (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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is a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company

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Nakajima's design was based on its C3N and B5N

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Eighty examples were produced between 1927-29 by Nakajima and Kawanishi

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Between 1931 and 1936 Nakajima produced 80 E4Ns aircraft

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Source Nakajima E8N (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was a ship-borne catapult-launched reconnaissance seaplane designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company

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The project was conceived by Nakajima Aircraft Company head Chikuhei Nakajima.

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The Nakajima G5N Shinzan originated due to the Imperial Japanese Navy's interest in developing a long-range attack bomber

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the Imperial Navy staff asked Nakajima Aircraft Company to design a four-engined bomber

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Source Nakajima J1N Gekko (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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is a twin-engined heavy fighter designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company

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The Nakajima J5N Tenrai (天雷, heaven thunder) was an abandoned Japanese prototype fighter aircraft

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Source Nakajima Ki-11 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was an unsuccessful attempt by Nakajima Aircraft Company to meet a 1935 requirement issued by the Japanese government for a modern single-seat monoplane fighter

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Source Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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designed and produced by Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company

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Source Nakajima Ki-12 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was a private development Nakajima Aircraft Company

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Source Nakajima Ki-19 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was an unsuccessful attempt by Nakajima Aircraft Company to meet a 1935 requirement issued by the Japanese government for a modern bomber

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Source Nakajima Ki-201 Karyu (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Nakajima Ki-201 Karyū (火龍, Fire Dragon) was a Japanese jet fighter/attack aircraft project

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Source Nakajima Ki-27 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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is a fighter aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company

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Development began in 1935 after Nakajima Aircraft Company, which already held license-production rights for the Douglas DC-2, sought to develop a smaller airliner

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selected a new design by the domestic Nakajima Aircraft Company

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Source Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa - WikipediaSource page, maker

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Source Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was a single-seat fighter-interceptor which was designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company

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Source Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was a twin-engine heavy bomber designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company

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Nakajima designed the Ki-58 to provide some support for the Ki-49

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was a licensed-produced version of the Fokker Super Universal transport built by Nakajima Aircraft Company in the 1930s

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was a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft proposed by the Nakajima Aircraft Company for use by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

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was an unsuccessful attempt by the Nakajima Aircraft Company

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Work began at Nakajima

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Source Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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is a single-seat fighter designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company

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The Nakajima Ki-87 was a Japanese prototype, high-altitude fighter-interceptor of World War II

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the Imperial Japanese Navy requested that Nakajima design a jet-powered combat aircraft

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Nakajima Hikoki acquired the license rights for $90,000 in February 1938, to build the DC-3

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The Nakajima LB-2 was a long-range, land-based bomber developed in Japan

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In January 1933 Nakajima won a contract for eight mailplanes from Nihon Koku Yuso to fly a new night mail service.

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The Army ordered the new aircraft as the Nakajima Army Type 91 fighter

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Nakajima-built and engined, Fokker Super Universals

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1. Nakajima Aircraft Company (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: defunct
    1945
  • Infobox: founded
    1918
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    The Nakajima Aircraft Company (中島飛行機株式会社, Nakajima Hikōki Kabushiki Kaisha) was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer and aviation engine manufacturer throughout World War II.
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    The Nakajima Aircraft Company (中島飛行機株式会社, Nakajima Hikōki Kabushiki Kaisha) was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer and aviation engine manufacturer throughout World War II.
  • Operates In: Aerospace Industry, Lead section
    The Nakajima Aircraft Company (中島飛行機株式会社, Nakajima Hikōki Kabushiki Kaisha) was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer and aviation engine manufacturer throughout World War II.
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Manchuria Airplane Manufacturing Company (Wikipedia)
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was established in late 1938 under the supervision of the Japanese government as a subsidiary of the Nakajima Aircraft Company of Japan
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