Nakajima Ki-27
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nate, Abdul, Type 97 Fighter, Army Type 97 Fighter, B.Kh.12, BKH12, Ki27, Ki-27
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force fighter aircraft
Key facts
- Type
- Fighter aircraft
- National origin
- Japan
- Manufacturer
- Nakajima Aircraft Company
- Primary users
- Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Manchukuo Air Force , Royal Thai Air Force , Reformed Government of the Republic of China
- Number built
- 3,368
- First flight
- 15 October 1936
- Retired
- 1945 (Japan)
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Wikidata facts
- Operator
- Royal Thai Air Force
- Developer
- Nakajima
- Manufacturer
- Nakajima
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Ki-27 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nakajima Ki-27
- powered by
- Kotobuki
- armament
- unguided bomb
- first flight
- 1936-10-15
- military designation
- B.Kh.12
- total produced
- 3400
- service retirement
- 1945-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Nakajima Ki-27 (九七式戦闘機, Kyūnana-shiki sentōki; Type 97 Fighter) is a Japanese fighter aircraft that served as the main fighter of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service up until 1940. Its Allied nickname was "Nate", although it was called "Abdul" in the "China Burma India" (CBI) theater by many post-war sources; Allied Intelligence had reserved that name for the nonexistent Mitsubishi Navy Type 97 fighter, expected to be the successor to the carrier-borne Type 96 (Mitsubishi A5M) with retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit.
Design and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nakajima Ki-27” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.