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Nakajima Ki.43 Oscar
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NEW REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION FOR 2011!
Nakajima Ki.43 “Hayabusa”: Allied Code Name “Oscar”
by John Stanaway with Hubert Cance
Merriam Press Original Publication
Military Monograph 297
Operational history of the “Oscar” fighter aircraft with development, combat use in New Guinea, Formosa and the Philippines, and American evaluation. Good coverage of the “Oscar’s” camouflage and markings, including excellent sideview line drawings by Hubert Cance.
With a wing span of about 35 feet and a length of less than 30 feet, the Nakajima Ki.43 Hayabusa, known as “Oscar” to the Allies, was one of the smaller fighter monoplanes to see action in World War II (compared to the P-38 with a span of 52 feet or the Corsair of 41 feet or even the Hurricane with a span of 40 feet, the Ki.43 was indeed smaller than its major opponents).
In action within days after Pearl Harbor, the diminutive Oscar served with the Japanese Army Air Forces until the end of hostilities.
More Ki.43s were in service than any other Army type and its service record proved an especially interesting one.
Contents
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Beginnings
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Japan’s Angry Little Falcon
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‘Oscar’ Arrives on the New Guinea Front, 1942
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The End in New Guinea
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‘Oscar’ in Defense of Formosa
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Soldiering On in the Philippines
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Moment of Ignominy
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American Evaluation of the ‘Oscar’
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Camouflage and Markings
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Camouflage and Markings Sideviews
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Photographs
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Drawings
Specifications
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Ordnance Pamphlet OP 1667. Military Reference Library #L180. Available in paperback and PDF file format.
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Research, Development and Production of Small Arms and Aircraft Armament of the Japanese Navy [Ordnance Technical Intelligence Report No. 19] prepared by Edward B Bruderlin, 1st Lt, Ordnance Dept, and Robert S Nelson, 1st Lt, Ordnance Dept (PDF file).
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Japanese Ground and Air Forces Manual, Military Intelligence Information Service Bulletin No. 14, Military Reference Library #L1, available as a PDF file.
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