Mitsubishi Aircraft Company
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Aircraft Types
Mitsubishi Ki-46 Dinah
The Mitsubishi Ki-46 'Dinah' was a twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft flown by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force throughout the Second World War. Designed to outrun interception, it first flew in November 1939 and ranged across the Pacific at high altitude, photographing Allied positions from China to the Mariana Islands; 1,742 were built in all. One complete example survives, displayed by the RAF Museum at its London site.
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu Peggy
The Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu ("Flying Dragon"), reported by the Allies as "Peggy", was a twin-engine bomber built for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and also flown by the Navy as a torpedo bomber. Designed to a specification handed to Mitsubishi in February 1941 and first flown on 27 December 1942, it matched medium-bomber performance with the armour and self-sealing fuel tanks that earlier Japanese bombers lacked. Production reached 698 aircraft by the end of the war, but deliveries only began in the summer of 1944, so its service over Formosa, Saipan and Okinawa came too late to affect the outcome.