Japan

日本

Nippon

Military Aircraft Designations & Related Information

大日本帝國陸軍航空隊 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kokutai Imperial Japanese Army Air Service 1910 - 1945
大日本帝國海軍航空隊 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Koukuu-tai Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service 1912 - 1945
IJN Aircraft Acquisition Programs 1929 - 1945
Allied Code Names World War II
自衛隊 Jieitai Japan Self Defense Force 1952 - Present
Japanese Aerospace Companies
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal: A Brief History
Japanese Calendar Systems, Zodiac & Iroha ordering schemes
Translation of Japanese Names
Artifacts

Sources

  1. Dyer, Edwin M., III. Japanese Secret Projects: Experimental Aircraf of the IJA and IJN 1939 - 1945. Midland Publishing, Surrey, 2011. ISBN 978-1-85780-317-4.
  2. Francillon, René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1988. ISBN 0-87021-313-X.
  3. 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.
  4. Ishiguro, Ryusuke and Tadeusz Januszewski. Japanese Special Attack Aircraft & Flying Bombs. Stratus, Poland, 2009. ISBN 978-83-89450-12-8.
  5. Jarski, Adam and Waldemar Pajdosz. Monografie Lotnicze: Mitsubishi A6M Zero. AJ-Press, Gdansk, 1995. ISBN 83-86208-25-2.
  6. Mikesh, Robert C. Japanese Aircraft: Code Names & Designations. Schiffer Military/Aviation History, Atglen, PA, 1993. ISBN 0-88740-447-2.
  7. 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.
  8. Mikesh, Robert C. and Shorzoe Abe. Japanese Aircraft 1910 - 1941. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1990. ISBN 1-55750-563-2.
  9. Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. Bracken Books, London, 1989. ISBN 1-85170-199-0.
  10. The Xplanes of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy 1924~45. ISBN 4-7663-3292-X.
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