Mitsubishi Ki-67 Variants and Derivatives (Ki-69, 109, 167)

[blackkite]

Hi! Ki-109.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/luft46/posts/5148433015183882/That’s covered in preservative, so was it shipped back to the USA for testing?

 

[Grey Havoc]

I seem to recall that some of the sized aircraft sent for evaluation were lost enroute at sea. Some others suffered serious damage in transit, I believe.

 

[Temistocle]

I seem to recall that some of the sized aircraft sent for evaluation were lost enroute at sea. Some others suffered serious damage in transit, I believe.

See here:
Tachikawa A26 (Ki-77) Experimental Long-Range Aircraft

Surely it was not on the USS Bouge, the (still) unknown aircraft aboard has a different vertical stabilizer and rudder:



EDIT: the unknown aticraft was another Ki-74, see here

 

[Me109Emil]

Just for fun, I would like to share my Ki-109 models with you all; others at https://ko-fi.com/nedreif