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.

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

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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

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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