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The Kyūshū Hikōki K.K. (九州飛行機, Kyūshū Aircraft Company Ltd) was a Japanese manufacturer of military aircraft during World War II. While it mainly manufactured other firms' designs, it was notable for the radical J7W "Shinden" fighter. Named after Kyushu island where the company was based.
The company originated from Fukuoka-based Watanabe Tekkōjo (Watanabe Steel Foundry), which started building aircraft in 1935. In 1943 the aircraft division was spun off as Kyūshū Hikōki, while the original company was renamed Kyūshū Heiki (Kyūshū Armaments).
After the war, the company was renamed Watanabe Jidōsha Kōgyō (Watanabe Automobile Industries) and manufactured automobile bodies and parts. It was dissolved in 2001.
The KyūshūHikōki K.K. (九州飛行機, Kyūshū Aircraft Company Ltd) was a Japanese manufacturer of military aircraft during World War II. While it mainly manufactured...
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given a higher priority. Kyushu would build only nine production aircraft before production was transferred in 1943 to Nippon Hikoki (a small company that...
steel foundry, (renamed in 1943 to KyūshūHikōki Kabushiki-kaisha (九州飛行機株式会社, Kyushu Aircraft Company Ltd, a.k.a. Kyushu Armaments) ), and the Hiro Naval...
(Dai-Nijuichi Kaigun Kokusho) Si - Showa Hikoki V - Vought-Sikorsky (US) W - Watanabe Tekkosho/KyushuHikoki Y - Yokosuka (Dai-Ichi Kaigun Koku Gijitsusho)...
to serve in the army. On October 20, 1943, he was sent to work at a KyushuHikoki factory based behind what is now Minami-Fukuoka Station, and on weekends...
versions was around 625 aircraft, with production mostly undertaken by KyushuHikoki K.K. and Aichi Kokuki. Production continued until 1941, and examples...
the second aircraft developed in Japan to use a canard design, after the Kyushu J7W Shinden. In June 1944, the first Boeing B-29 Superfortresses appeared...
Gijutsu Kenkyujo). The Army Air Arsenal was also connected with Tachikawa Hikoki K.K. and Rikugun Kokukosho K.K., the Army-owned and operated aircraft manufacturing...
expansion of an earlier video montage of 103 members singing "365 Nichi no Kami Hikōki" from their homes, personally edited into a single video by General Manager...
for the Navy, Kawanishi and Watanabe and to the relative newcomer Nihon Hikoki (also known as "Nippi"). The specification required use of the same Gasuden...
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