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On 1 November 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) F-13 Superfortress conducted the first flight by an Allied aircraft over the Tokyo region of Japan since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942. This photo reconnaissance sortie returned with 7000 photographs which helped with planning air raids on Japan during the last months of World War ...
Aircraft Allied Code name First flown Number built Kyushu J7W Shinden: n/a 3 August 1945 2 Mitsubishi Ki-83: n/a 1944 4 Mitsubishi J8M: n/a 1944 7 Nakajima G8N: Rita 1944 4 Nakajima Ki-87: n/a 1945 1 Tachikawa Ki-94-I: n/a 1944 2 Tachikawa Ki-94-II: n/a n/a 2
1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan: An American F-13 Superfortress conducted the first flight by Allied aircraft over Japan since the Doolittle Raid of April 1942. During the Battle of the Scheldt, British and Canadian forces began Operation Infatuate with the goal of opening the port of Antwerp to shipping.
The F-13 was the photographic reconnaissance version of the B-29 initially deployed to the Pacific theater in 1944–45. An F-13 conducted the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid of April 1942. F-13A was the B-29A model. Carried three K-17B, two K-22 and one K-18 cameras with provisions for others.
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries ... Junkers F 13 [notes 13 ... reconnaissance aircraft Tachikawa Ki-74: Japan ...
Vultee XA-41 - Prototype ground attack aircraft; Culver PQ-8/A-8 - Radio-controlled target aircraft; Culver PQ-14 Cadet - Radio-controlled target aircraft; Curtiss A-12 Shrike - Attack bomber; Curtiss XA-14/Curtiss A-18 Shrike - Attack bomber; Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep - Advanced twin-engine pilot trainer; Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando - Transport
Mitsubishi F-15DJ: Japan: trainer: 1981: in use: 44: all but twelve license-built by Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi F-X: Japan: fighter: 2031 (planned) in development: 0: Japan's first domestically developed stealth fighter - developed from X-2 Shinshin & i3 fighter concept, to replace Mitsubishi F-2: Mitsubishi MU-2/LR-1: Japan: utility: 1967: retired ...
The Horten Flying Wing in World War II - The History and Development of the Ho 229. Schiffer Military History. Vol. 47. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Military History. ISBN 978-0887403576. Ford, Roger (2013). Germany's Secret Weapons of World War II. London: Amber Books. ISBN 9781909160569. Francillon, René J. (1987). Lockheed Aircraft since 1913 ...