Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu

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The Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu was a Japanese twin-engine World War II army bomber designed as a more heavily armed and armored successor to the Mitsubishi Ki-21.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Ki-49 1
Ki-49-I 1
Ki-49-III 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese military aircraft ⓘ
Nakajima aircraft ⓘ
World War II bomber ⓘ
twin-engine bomber ⓘ
aircraftType bomber aircraft ⓘ
alternativeName Ki-49 ⓘ
armamentType defensive cannons ⓘ
defensive machine guns ⓘ
internal bomb load ⓘ
bombLoad approximately 1000 kg ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
crew 7 ⓘ
8 ⓘ
designer Nakajima Aircraft Company ⓘ
designFeature all-metal construction ⓘ
heavily armed ⓘ
heavily armored ⓘ
self-sealing fuel tanks ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin-engine ⓘ
era 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1939 ⓘ
introduced 1941 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 475 km/h ⓘ
nickname Donryu ⓘ
nicknameMeaning Storm Dragon ⓘ
notableCharacteristic designed to operate without fighter escort ⓘ
greater protection than earlier Japanese bombers ⓘ
numberBuilt about 819 ⓘ
powerplant Nakajima Ha-109 radial engine ⓘ
Nakajima Ha-41 radial engine ⓘ
primaryUser Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
retired 1945 ⓘ
role level bomber ⓘ
medium bomber ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
successorTo Mitsubishi Ki-21 ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army Air Force ⓘ
usedInTheater China-Burma-India theater ⓘ
New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
Philippines campaign ⓘ
variant Ki-49-I ⓘ
Ki-49-III ⓘ
Ki-49-IIa ⓘ
Ki-49-IIb ⓘ
wingConfiguration mid-wing monoplane ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nakajima Aircraft Company → product → Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu ⓘ
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu → alternativeName → Ki-49 ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu → variant → Ki-49-I ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu → variant → Ki-49-IIa ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu → variant → Ki-49-IIb ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu → variant → Ki-49-III ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu
Mitsubishi Ki-21 → nicknamedByJapanese → Type 97 Heavy Bomber ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu