Mitsubishi Ki-2

Purpose: Light bomber with the qualities of the Junkers Ki-37.

Description: Army Type 93 Twin engined light bomber. This was basically the Japanese versoin of the Junkers K-37. The plane was obsolete in 1941 when the war started.

Revisions & Types:

• Ki-2-I

  • Three or four man crew
  • Maximum speed 260 km/hr
  • Service ceiling of 7000m
  • Enclosed nose turret for the lower gun position (specified but denied in the final spec)
  • Open nose gun position
  • Open air cockpit
  • 450hp Jupiter engines

• Ki-2-II

  • 550hp Type 94 Engines
  • Retractable undercarriage which folded forward into the engine nacelles
  • Corrugated panels on the wing were replaced with smooth skin
  • landing light was fitted in a fairing under the fuselage
  • Twenty 15kg bombs could be carried internally

Reference: Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941 by Robert C. Mikesh & Shorzoe Abe, published by Putnam

Last Revision 11/28/99