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Military Aircraft Designations & Related Information

Imperial Japanese Army 1927 - 1945
Imperial Japanese Navy 1929 - 1945 UPDATED 14 September 2006
Allied Code Names World War II
Japan Self Defense Force 1952 - Present
Japanese Aerospace Companies
Japanese Calendar Systems
Translation of Japanese Names

Sources

1. Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters: An illustrated encyclopedia of every fighter aircraft built and flown. Salamander Books, London, 1994. ISBN 0-86101-643-2.
2. Jarski, Adam and Waldemar Pajdosz. Monografie Lotnicze: Mitsubishi A6M Zero. AJ-Press, Gdansk, 1995. ISBN 83-86208-25-2.
3. Mikesh, Robert C. Japanese Aircraft: Code Names & Designations. Schiffer Military/Aviation History, Atglen, PA, 1993. ISBN 0-88740-447-2.
4. Mikesh, Robert C. Monogram Close-Up 13: Aichi M6A1 Seiran: Japan's Submarine-Launched Panama Canal Bomber. Monogram Aviation Publications, Boylston, Massachusetts, 1975. ISBN 0-914144-13-8.
5. Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. Bracken Books, London, 1989. ISBN 1-85170-199-0.
6. Updated Information and other Sources:
   • Ruediger Landmann:
     • Email Message Two
     • Email Message Three
   • Emmanuel Gustin:
     • Imperial Japanese Army
     • Imperial Japanese Navy
   • Pat Trammell

• Aircraft Engine Historical Society
  • Japanese Piston Engines
• Emmanual Gustin's Military Aircraft Database
  • Japanese Designations
• Hikoki: 1946
• j-aircraft.com
• Joe Baugher's Aircraft of the World
  • Allied Code Names for Japanese World War II Aircraft

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