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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ki-15
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ki-15

Japanese attack/reconnaissance aircraft

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Overview

The Mitsubishi Ki-15 "Karigane" , Army Type 97 Command Reconnaissance aircraft was a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft and a light attack bomber of the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War. It began as a fast civilian mail-plane. It was a single-engine, low-wing, cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage; it carried a crew of two. It served with both the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. During World War II it was code-named "Babs" by the Allies.

Specifications

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Photos

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