Nakajima Ki-27

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The Nakajima Ki-27 was a Japanese single-engine, fixed-gear fighter aircraft that served as the Imperial Japanese Army’s main frontline fighter in the late 1930s and early World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Nakajima Ki-27 canonical 7
Ki-27 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army aircraft
fighter aircraft
military aircraft
single-engine aircraft
alliedReportingName Nate
armament 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns
combatDebut Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
construction all-metal structure with fabric-covered control surfaces
countryOfOrigin Japan
crew 1
designedFor Imperial Japanese Army fighter requirement of mid-1930s
engineConfiguration single-engine
enteredMassProduction late 1930s
era early World War II era
interwar period
firstFlight 1936
introducedBy Imperial Japanese Army
laterUse second-line fighter
trainer aircraft
mainFrontlineFighterFor Imperial Japanese Army
mainFrontlinePeriod early World War II
late 1930s
manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company
maximumSpeed about 470 km/h
notableFeature high maneuverability
lightweight construction
notableOpponent Soviet Polikarpov I-16
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
surface form: Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
powerplant Nakajima Ha-1b radial engine
primaryRole fighter
productionStatus out of production
range about 1,100 km
retiredFromFrontlineService early 1940s
serviceCeiling about 10,000 m
serviceEntry 1937
status retired
successor Nakajima Ki-43
tailConfiguration conventional tailwheel
undercarriageType fixed landing gear
usedBy Manchukuo Imperial Air Force
Reorganized National Government of China Air Force
Royal Thai Air Force
usedInConflict Nomonhan Incident
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
World War II
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane

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Nakajima Aircraft Company product Nakajima Ki-27
Oscar predecessor Nakajima Ki-27
Nakajima Ha-1b radial engine usedInAircraft Nakajima Ki-27
subject surface form: Nakajima Ha-1b
Nate alsoKnownAs Nakajima Ki-27
Nate alliedReportingNameFor Nakajima Ki-27
Nate airForceDesignation Nakajima Ki-27
this entity surface form: Ki-27