NAKAJIMA Ki-49 DONRYU IN JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE SERVICE
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9780764303449 |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7643-0344-9 |
| Book cover finish(es) | sewn paperback |
| Condition | LIKE NEW |
| Author(s) | Richard M. Bueschel |
| Publisher | Schiffer Publishing Ltd. |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Published date | 1997 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | A SCHIFFER MILITARY HISTORY BOOK |
| Size | 21.5 x 27.9 x 0.5 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS |
Description
HAPLESS HEROINE - Nakajima Ki-49 II HELEN - Although the Donryu (Dragon Swallower) Type 100 was a Nakajima design approved by the Imperial war ministry prior to the outbreak of World War 2, it would not be until the summer of 1943 when it began to replace the ravaged JAAF. Nakajima's sleek medium bomber would be dubbed HELEN by the enemy, and though promising by pre-war standards, the "Dragon Eater" was far less ferocious than her contemporaries. Underpowered and short ranged, she required the escort of her small Nakajima cousins, the older Ki-43 OSCAR and equally disappointing newcomer Ki-61 TONY. Combat in China, New Guinea and the Philippines resulted in entire air regiments being lost often when caught grounded on their primitive landing fields.
Illustrated is a Ki-49 II of the 7th Independent Regiment and its TONY escorts withdrawing from their air strike on Allied air fields of the Ramu River valley in the New Guinea campaign of early 1944.