DBFlyguy 342 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Hopefully some of this stuff will be useful to the devs. If compiled everything I found were active restorations are taking place or there are current static displays of restored Japanese aircraft in the US or Japan along with some resources it might be worth reaching out to: Ki-61 ii https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/ekatudo/807656.html http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/WBP/chiran11.htm http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/WBP/kobe11.htm#kobe1ki61 Ki-84 http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/WBP/chiran12.htm N1K http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/WBP/champ11.htm#champn1k https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196250/kawanishi-n1k2-ja-shiden-kai-george/ J2M http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/WBP/pof18.htm#pofraiden H8K http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/WBP/yas2-fune13.htm#yasfuneh8k D4Y http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/WBP/yas2-fune11.htm https://planesoffame.org/aircraft/plane-D4Y3 Ki43 ib https://flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection/Japan/Nakajima-Ki-43-Hayabusa-(Oscar).aspx Ki43 iib https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/nakajima-ki-43/ D3A2 https://planesoffame.org/collection/restoration-projects A6M5 https://planesoffame.org/aircraft/plane-A6M5 A6M2 https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196313/mitsubishi-a6m2-zero/ B6N2 https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/nakajima-b6n2-tenzan-heavenly-mountain-jill/nasm_A19810429000 C6N https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/nakajima-c6n1-s-saiun-painted-cloud-myrt/nasm_A19600337000 M6A1 (this museum worked with several Japanese natives to get what they needed for the restoration) https://www.historynet.com/the-last-seiran.htm WWII Japanese artifact collectors https://m.facebook.com/JAircraft/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0 https://m.facebook.com/groups/508027396045709/?__tn__=HH-R This museum in Japan supposedly has manuals https://expmag.com/2019/12/a-museum-in-japan-humanizes-kamikaze-pilots-but-it-also-glorifies-them/ Possible resource for captured documents https://airandspace.si.edu/archives/rights-and-reproductions/repro More possible document resources https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/japanese-engine-manuals-and-technical-drawings-blueprints.52557/ https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/manual-index-japan.36326/ https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/japanese-aircrew.11504/ https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll8/id/4531/ https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Aircraft-Performance-Characteristics-Manual/dp/B00442OU92 https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rare-japanese-aircraft-manual-ww2-aircraft-5 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites
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