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Japanese Aero Engines

First a word about Japanese engine names. Any given Japanese engine can have as many as 5-6 different names depending on whether it was an Army or Navy engine, if it was referred to in its experimental form or referred to in its company project code. Late in the war the Japanese tried to sort this out themselves and ended up creating yet another name! This 'unified type designation' is the one seen in the form of (Ha35-21) for Sakae Model 21. "Ha" is short for Hatsudoki which means engine. The "35" refers to a bore/stroke combination that defines the engine type and the "21" refers to the sub model in that bore stroke combo. Whenever you see Sakae 20, the 20 refers to the entire 20 series... in this case it only refers to the model 21 and 22. The Japanese gave engine model numbers to different variants of an engine for various reasons; Reduction gear redesign, supercharger redesign and sometimes very trivial reasons, like a change in the gear ratio for driving the generator. Frankly this complexity goes beyond my understanding so I’ve enlisted some help from Rob at NASM to achieve some basic order and structure in to this section.

The aim of this section is not to list every preserved Japanese engine in the world, only to show some of the most well known types and a few locations where they can be viewed.


Type of engine

Country

Place

Status

Additional information

Ha11-11 (Hitachi)

USA

NASM

S

Paul Garber storage facility, license built Hirth HM 504

 

 

 

 

 


Ha26-II

Singapore

Fort Siloso

PV

Sentosa island


Ha31-21 Zuisei (Mitsubishi)

USA

NASM

S

For their Kawasaki Ki-45Kai “Nick”. Paul Garber storage facility

Ha31-21 Zuisei (Mitsubishi)

USA

NASM

S

For their Kawasaki Ki-45Kai “Nick”. Paul Garber storage facility

 

 

 

 

 


Ha32-21 Kasei (Mitsubishi)

USA

NASM

S

Paul Garber storage facility

Ha32-22 Kasei (Mitsubishi)

USA

NASM

S

Paul Garber storage facility


Ha33-?? 

Japan

Kawaguchiko Motor Museum

PV

Tokyo

Ha33-62 Kinsei (Mitsubishi)

USA

NASM

S

Paul Garber storage facility

Ha33-62 Kinsei

USA

NASM

S

Paul Garber storage facility

 

 

 

 

 


Ha34-11

USA

NASM

S

Tentative identification. Paul Garber storage facility

 

 

 

 

 


Ha35-21 Sakae

England

RAFM Cosford

PV

Ha35-?? Sakae

Japan

Kawaguchiko Motor Museum

PV

Tokyo

Ha35-?? Sakae

Japan

Kawaguchiko Motor Museum

PV

Tokyo

Ha35-12 Sakae

Japan

Kawaguchiko Motor Museum

PV

Tokyo

Ha35-?? Sakae

USA

Museum of Flying

PV

Santa Monica, CA


Ha43-11 (Mitsubishi)

USA

NASM

S

Paul Garber Storage facility

Ha43-11 ru  (Mitsubishi)

USA

NASM

S

rusignifices turbocharged engine. Paul Garber Storage facility

 

 

 

 

 


Ha45-?? Homare

England

Science Museum

PV

London, possibly model 11, 12 or 21

Ha45-11 Homare

Japan

Kawaguchiko Motor Museum

PV

Tokyo

Ha45-?? Homare

USA

New England Air Museum

PV

Windsor Locks, CT

Ha45-12 Homare (Nakajima)

USA

NASM

S

Paul Garber storage facility, for Yokosuka P1Y1a Ginga ”Frances”


Aichi Atsuta Model 21

Text on Atsuta engine

Australia

The Cambden Museum of Aviation

PV

Narellan, N.S.W

Atsuta AE1

Australia

Treloar Centre

PV

Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Atsuta AE1

Japan

Kawaguchiko Motor Museum

PV

Tokyo

Atsuta AE1 with radiator

Japan

Kawaguchiko Motor Museum

PV

Tokyo

Atsuta AE1

Japan

Yasukuni Jinja Yushukan

PV

Tokyo

Aichi Atsuta Ha60-32

USA

NASM

PV

Paul Garber Collection, now inside the restored Aichi M6A1

Aichi Atsuta Ha60-31 (AE1P)

USA

NASM

S

Tentative identification. Paul Garber storage facility

Aichi Atsuta Ha60-31 (AE1P)

USA

NASM

PV

Tentative identification. Paul Garber storage facility

Aichi Atsuta Ha60-32?

USA

NASM

PV

Udvar Hazy

Kawasaki Atsuta Ha-40

USA

Weeks Air Museum

PV


Nakajima Mamoru 11 (NK7A)

USA

NASM

S

Tentative identification. Possibly a test example of this engine. Paul Garber storage facility

Nakajima Ha15 “Shi”

USA

NASM

S

Experimental engine not accepted in to Army service. Paul Garber storage facility


Shoda-Hikoki Shoda-Ken No 1

USA

NASM

S

Experimental inverted air cooled V-12, 2 stage supercharger. One of engine. Paul Garber storage facility


Toko Ro.2 (KR10)

USA

Planes of Fame

PV

Chino, CA

Toko Ro.2 (KR10)

Japan

Modern Transportation Museum

PV

Osaka


Ohka Rocket engine nozzle

USA

NASM, Steven. Udvar-Hazy Center, VA

PV

Washington

 

 

 

 

 


Ne-20

Japan

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industry Tanashi Factory

RA

The factory museum is not open to the public.

Ne-20

USA

NASM

S

Paul Garber storage facility


Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Engine No3

USA

NASM

S

Experimental W-18 fuel injected, 2 stage supercharger with remote reduction gear. Paul Garber storage facility.