Nakajima Ki-27
Japanese fighter aircraft
Nakajima Ki-27
The Nakajima Ki-27 (九七式戦闘機, Kyūnana-shiki sentōki; Type 97 Fighter) is a fighter aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company. Its Allied nickname was "Nate", although it was called "Abdul" in the "China Burma India" (CBI) theater by many post-war sources; Allied Intelligence had reserved that name for the nonexistent Mitsubishi Navy Type 97 fighter, expected to be the successor to the carrier-borne Type 96 (Mitsubishi A5M) with retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit. Derived from the Nakajima Type P.E, the Ki-27 was developed during the mid 1930s to replace the Kawasaki Ki-10 biplane fighter flown by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS). Featuring a wire-braced monoplane configuration with an enclosed cockpit and a fixed undercarriage, the first prototype performed its maiden flight in 15 October 1936. While the Ki-27 prototypes demonstrated a lower maximum speed and inferior climb performance to competing aircraft (the Kawasaki...
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