J2M Raiden
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mitsubishi J2M Raiden, Mitsubishi Raiden, Mitsubishi Jack, Raiden, Jack, Jack aircraft
1942 fighter aircraft family by Mitsubishi
Key facts
- Type
- Fighter aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Primary user
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Introduction date
- December 1942
- First flight
- 20 March 1942
- Retired
- August 1945
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Developer
- Mitsubishi
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi
- Designed by
- Jiro Horikoshi
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Mitsubishi J2M.JPG
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- Commons category
- Mitsubishi J2M
- name in kana
- らいでん
- first flight
- 1942-03-20
- service retirement
- 1945-08-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (雷電, "Lightning Bolt") is a single-engined, land-based fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. Its Allied reporting name was Jack.
Design and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “J2M Raiden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.