The Kawasaki Ki-100 was one of the best fighter planes of the Imperial Japanese Air Force during World War Two. On display at our visit is the Kawasaki Ki100-1b. At first they combined the Ki-61 frame with a Mitsubishi Ha-112 radial engine instead of the original Kawasaki engine, later on a newly built aicraft was produced. This resulted in one of the best Japanese interceptors of the war capable of high speeds and good maneuverability.
The Kawasaki Ki-100 was produced from 1945 as a high altitude fighter and took on the challenge against the B29 Superfortress bombers. While it lacked a supercharger engine it was an awesome opponent. It was a single seat monoplane fighter aircraft. The Imperial Japanese Army designated it as “Type 5 fighter”, Go-shiki sentouki, or abbreviated as Goshikisen. The last surviving plane is in the RAF museum Cosford.
Thank you, great photos as usual. Interesting history. Is it designed slightly on the FW 190???
We do not know whether the FW 190 was the model for this design, but the shape does resemble the FW 190