Museums with active restorations ongoing or static displays & data for Japanese Aircraft

[DBFlyguy]

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