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Japanese
Aero Engines
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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
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Type
of engine |
Country |
Place |
Status |
Additional
information |
USA |
NASM |
S |
Paul
Garber storage facility, license built Hirth HM 504 |
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Singapore |
Fort Siloso |
PV |
Sentosa island |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
For their
Kawasaki Ki-45Kai “Nick”. Paul Garber storage facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
For their
Kawasaki Ki-45Kai “Nick”. Paul Garber storage facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Paul
Garber storage facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Paul
Garber storage facility |
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Japan |
Kawaguchiko Motor
Museum |
PV |
Tokyo |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Paul Garber storage
facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Paul Garber storage
facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Tentative
identification. Paul Garber storage facility |
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England |
RAFM Cosford |
PV |
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Japan |
Kawaguchiko
Motor Museum |
PV |
Tokyo |
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Japan |
Kawaguchiko
Motor Museum |
PV |
Tokyo |
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Japan |
Kawaguchiko
Motor Museum |
PV |
Tokyo |
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USA |
Museum of Flying |
PV |
Santa Monica, CA |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Paul Garber Storage
facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
”ru” significes
turbocharged engine. Paul Garber Storage facility |
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England |
Science
Museum |
PV |
London,
possibly model 11, 12 or 21 |
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Japan |
Kawaguchiko Motor Museum |
PV |
Tokyo |
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USA |
New England Air Museum |
PV |
Windsor Locks, CT |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Paul
Garber storage facility, for Yokosuka P1Y1a Ginga
”Frances” |
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Australia |
The Cambden Museum of Aviation |
PV |
Narellan,
N.S.W |
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Australia |
Treloar
Centre |
PV |
Australian
War Memorial, Canberra |
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Japan |
Kawaguchiko
Motor Museum |
PV |
Tokyo |
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Japan |
Kawaguchiko
Motor Museum |
PV |
Tokyo |
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Japan |
Yasukuni
Jinja Yushukan |
PV |
Tokyo |
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USA |
NASM |
PV |
Paul
Garber Collection, now inside the restored Aichi M6A1 |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Tentative
identification. Paul Garber storage facility |
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USA |
NASM |
PV |
Tentative
identification. Paul Garber storage facility |
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USA |
NASM |
PV |
Udvar Hazy |
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USA |
Weeks Air
Museum |
PV |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Tentative
identification. Possibly a test example of this engine. Paul Garber storage
facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Experimental
engine not accepted in to Army service. Paul Garber storage facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Experimental
inverted air cooled V-12, 2 stage supercharger. One of engine. Paul Garber
storage facility |
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USA |
Planes of
Fame |
PV |
Chino, CA |
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Japan |
Modern Transportation Museum |
PV |
Osaka |
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USA |
NASM, Steven. Udvar-Hazy Center,
VA |
PV |
Washington |
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Japan |
Ishikawajima-Harima
Heavy Industry Tanashi Factory |
RA |
The
factory museum is not open to the public. |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Paul
Garber storage facility |
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USA |
NASM |
S |
Experimental
W-18 fuel injected, 2 stage supercharger with remote
reduction gear. Paul Garber storage facility. |
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