Mitsubishi Ki-20: a bomber variant of the Junkers G 38

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Junkers G-38

G-38 Junkers 1929 succeeded in the construction of the largest land flight train in the world. His competitor - Claudius Dornier - also presented a giant of the skies in the same year with the commercial airliner Do X, which, however, required a large body of water to take off and land. The...

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This photo shows the Japanese Imperial Army Type 92 heavy bomber exhibited at the Air Expo held at the Futako Amusement Park in the suburbs of Tokyo in April 1941.
Left wing two radiators for outer engine were retracted.
Next picture shows flight scene. I can see exhaust pipe shape in this photo.
And one of the enlarged image.
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Source : Japanese Aviation History, Mainichi News Paper.

 

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Hi! Survived Ki-20 propeller.

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岐阜市の民家にあった大きな木製プロペラ、実はドイツの巨大旅客機をベースに戦前の日本で改修設計しライセンス製造された大型爆撃機に使われたものでした。しかも、ドイツ製の原型機は、スタジオジブリのアニメ映画にも登場しています。

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At the end of 2021, a wooden two-bladed propeller that had been stored under the eaves of a private house in Gifu City for a long time was donated to Kakamigahara City, which is adjacent to the city of Kakamigahara, where the aircraft industry is thriving. This propeller is a huge one with a total length of 4 m 50 cm and a width of 35.5 cm, protected by a metal plate on the leading edge. It is a size that can be held by three adults, and the situation is introduced in the local newspaper with photos.

At first, the propeller was unknown, but an investigation by the Gifu Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum in Kakamigahara City revealed that it was used for a large Type 92 heavy bomber deployed by the IJA in the early 1930s. Although the propeller has two blades, it is said that the two are connected in a cross shape in the form of a cross and used as a four-blade propeller. In addition, since the Type 92 heavy bomber was equipped with four engines, eight of these huge two-bladed propellers were used per aircraft.

 

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It might be worth noting that the Ki-20 was one of the aircraft portrayed in a gorgeous 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film / fictionalised animated biographical film depicting the life of a world famous aircraft designer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Horikoshi Jirō.

Kaze Tachinu / The Wind Rises was written and directed by one of the most famous and best filmmakers in the history of animation, Miyazaki Hayao (1941-).

Indeed, Hugo Junkers was a minor character in that film.

 

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Hi! You can see these aircraft in "Kazetachinu".

「風立ちぬ」に登場する航空機、人物　写真特集：時事ドットコム

九六式艦上戦闘機　１９３４（昭和９）年に三菱重工業が開発を始めた九試単座戦闘機は、３６（昭和１１）年に九六式艦上戦闘機として日本海軍に制式採用された。日本海軍としては初の全金属製単葉戦闘機。日中戦争では中国軍が使用した欧米製の航空機をしのぐ性能を発揮し、世界的にも注目された。三菱重工業で設計を担当したのは堀越二郎技師で、大きな速力と上昇力を実現するため、設計に当たっては機体の軽量化と空気抵抗の低減に力を注いだ。その結果、引き締まった胴体、薄い楕円形の主翼が生まれ、機体表面に突起が出ない沈頭鋲（ち

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Hi! Junkers L.88 engine, and the IJA weapon pictorial at the day.

 

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The existence of the Type 92 heavy bomber was announced to the Japanese public when the Type 95 fighter was announced, but again no photographs were released, only the name of the aircraft. Later, at the military parade in January 1940, three aircraft took off from Tachikawa Airfield and led a formation flight, making their first appearance before the Japanese public, but by this time the aircraft was already quite outdated. After that, one was preserved at the Tokorozawa Flying School Aviation Memorial Museum, and the aircraft were exhibited at defense expositions held at amusement parks all over Japan.
The Junkers' unique corrugated body made the aircraft truly worthy of the term "giant." Particularly astonishing was the thickness of the wings, which allowed the crew to stand and walk inside the wings to the gun turrets installed at the rear of the outer engine nacelles. On both sides of the aisle, numerous fuel tanks were lined up like hanging lanterns.

 

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日本最初の総合航空園
関西国民航空錬成場
恒久施設（年中無休）
兵庫県西宮市阪急電鉄西宮駅北側出入口前
Japan's first comprehensive aviation park
Kansai National Aviation Training Center
Permanent facility (open all year round)
In front of the north entrance of Hankyu Railway Nishinomiya Station, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

 

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The cockpit instrument panel of this bomber was also quite large, and this instrument panel, which displayed the fuel tank switching valves and fuel gauges, was roughly the size of a single tatami mat（about 2m×1m） and stood like a partition behind the cockpit.
The interior of the fuselage was also so spacious that it was doubtful that it was really an airplane, surprising onlookers. There were ten crew members, with one engine operator stationed in each wing at all times. When sitting in the cockpit, the ground was visible far below, making it difficult to control the aircraft during landing, so a long rod called a landing altitude detector was attached to the underside of the fuselage. When this was lowered during landing, the tip of the rod would touch the ground when the aircraft had descended about two meters above the ground, making a loud rattling noise and simultaneously displaying a message in the cockpit.
The main wheels were arranged in tandem, two on each side, and were huge in size. It was also the first Japanese military aircraft to be equipped with a tail wheel.

 

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Hi! Another display model and G38 radiator.

https://www.deviantart.com/rlkitterman/art/Mitsubishi-Type-92-Heavy-Bomber-505893583

 

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We can see radiator clearly in this model.
Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Museum permanent exhibition

 

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Hi! G38 D-2000.

 

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Hi! D-2500 with retracted radiator.

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Hi! G38 D-2500 three side view drawing.

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株式会社乃村工藝社 / NOMURA Co.,Ltd.

商業施設、ホテル、オフィス、博物館・美術館、ショールームなどの展示、博覧会・イベントなどプロモーションまで手掛ける空間の総合プロデュース企業です。

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「空間」をつくり、そして活かす空間プロデュース企業。商業施設、ホテル、オフィス、博物館・美術館、ショールームなどの展示、博覧会・イベントなどプロモーションまで。

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Management code: 837
Dates: March 20, 1941 (Showa 16) - June 20, 1941 (Showa 16)
Location: Tokyo
Venue: Tamagawaen (Maruko), Yomiuri Amusement Park (Futago), Yomiuri Airfield
Organizers: Greater Japan Aviation Association, Yomiuri Shimbun, (supporters) Army, Navy, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Colonial Affairs, Cabinet Intelligence Bureau, Tokyo Prefecture, Tokyo City, Metropolitan Police Department
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<Objective>For our country, which is striving to establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, the advanced development of aviation is becoming increasingly important from all angles, including national defense and transportation culture, and in the rapidly changing international situation, the Pacific Ocean is also in a state of turmoil, and securing air superiority is becoming an important key to resolving the Southern Problem. In light of this, our company, jointly sponsored with the Great Japan Aviation Association, will hold an "Aviation Expo" to spread basic and scientific knowledge about aviation to the people on the home front and to contribute to the thorough implementation of air defense ideas, and we hope to contribute in some way to the completion of a powerful national defense nation and the construction of a world-class aviation Japan. (The above is from the photo album.) At the Maruko site, there are the Aviation Development Museum, Panorama Museum, Youth Aviation Museum, Aviation Science Museum, Army and Navy Aviation Museum, Future Aviation Museum, and an actual display of a Type 93 twin-engine bomber. Yomiuri Airfield is mainly for air shows. At the second site, Yomiuri Amusement Park, it took a surprisingly long time to assemble Japan's largest super-heavy bomber, which was transported in 13 freight cars. Nomura Co., Ltd. alone mobilized more than 70 people a day, and in the end, over 1,000 people were involved in the assembly over 16 days. In addition to this four-engine super-heavy bomber (44 meters wide), the only one in the history of Japanese Army aviation, various Army and Navy aircraft, Junkers dive bombers, and the remains of the shot-down I-16 were also on display at the site. Participated in the decoration of the attractions (from the company history "700,000 Hours of Journey 2")

 

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These priceless photographs were kindly provided by Nomura Co., Ltd.

 

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Source.
Commemoration of the Expo, The Japan Aerospace Association, The Yomiuri Shimbun
Printed in the first of September 1941.