Swallow

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Swallow is the Allied reporting name for the Japanese World War II fighter aircraft Kawasaki Ki-61, known for its inline engine and resemblance to contemporary European fighters.

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Swallow canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied reporting name ⓘ
World War II aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
airForce Imperial Japanese Army Air Force ⓘ
AlliedReportingName Tony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allied reporting name Swallow ⓘ
armamentType cannon ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
cockpitType enclosed cockpit ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
construction all-metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
crew 1 ⓘ
designBegan late 1930s ⓘ
engineConfiguration liquid-cooled inline engine ⓘ
era 1940s military aviation ⓘ
firstFlight 1941 ⓘ
fuselageType slender streamlined fuselage ⓘ
introduced 1942 ⓘ
manufacturer Kawasaki Aircraft Industries ⓘ
NATOReportingName Tony ⓘ
notableCampaign defense of the Japanese home islands ⓘ
notableFeature only mass-produced Japanese fighter with a liquid-cooled inline engine ⓘ
operatedBy 244th Sentai ⓘ
other Imperial Japanese Army fighter regiments ⓘ
powerplantLicense Daimler-Benz DB 601 ⓘ
powerplantModel Kawasaki Ha-40 ⓘ
primaryRole fighter ⓘ
propulsion single propeller ⓘ
refersTo Kawasaki Ki-61 ⓘ
resembled Macchi C.202 Folgore ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ
contemporary European fighters ⓘ
secondaryRole fighter-bomber ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
successor Kawasaki Ki-100 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific War ⓘ
undercarriage retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army Air Force fighter units ⓘ
Japanese special attack units in late war ⓘ
usedInRole bomber escort ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingType relatively small, high-loaded wing ⓘ

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Kawasaki Ki-61 → nicknamed → Swallow ⓘ