Foreign Aircraft in Japanese Service
My thanks to Harvey Low for this terrific list. Harvey's address is on the bottom of the list if you have any questions.
| FOREIGN AIRCRAFT OF THE JAPANESE MILITARY AIR FORCE - 1930's and WWII | |||
| Type | Country | Service Arm | Notes |
| Nieuport 29C-1 (Modified) | France | Army | In Service |
| Dewotine D510J | France | Army | Evaluated |
| Junkers F13 | Germany | Army | In Service |
| Messerchmitt BF108 | Germany | Army | ? |
| Messerschmitt Bf109E-3 and Bf109E-7 | Germany | Army | Evaluated |
| Focke-Wulf FW190A5 | Germany | Army | Evaluated |
| Messerschmitt ME210 (Upgraded to 410 Standards) | Germany | Army | Evaluated |
| Bucker 131 (Re-Engined) | Germany | Army/Navy | In Service |
| Junkers JU160 | Germany | Army/Navy | In Service |
| Dornier WAL Flying Boat (Modified) | Germany | Army/Navy | In Service |
| Heinkel HE112B-0 | Germany | Army/Navy | Evaluated |
| Junkers JU-87A Stuka | Germany | Army/Navy | Evaluated |
| Junkers F6 | Germany | Navy | In Service |
| Heinkel HE118 | Germany | Navy | Evaluated |
| Junkers JU-86 | Germany | Navy | Evaluated |
| Heinkel HE70 | Germany | Navy | Evaluated |
| Arado AR196 | Germany | Navy | Flown(?) |
| Bristol Bulldog | Great Britain | Army | In Service |
| Bristol Blenheim IV (Indonesian A.F. - Re-Engined) | Great Britain | Army | Captured |
| Brewster Buffalo 339 | Great Britain | Army | Captured |
| Hawker Hurricane MkIIC | Great Britain | Army | Captured |
| Nimrod (?) (Modified Carrier Fighter) | Great Britain | Navy | In Service |
| Brewster Buffalo 339D | Netherlands | Army | Captured |
| DC-5 | Netherlands | ? | Captured |
| Martin Bomber 128 (export version of US Army B10-B) | Netherlands | ? | Captured |
| Fiat Br20 | Italy | Army | In Service |
| Polikarpov I-16 | Soviet Union | ? | ? |
| Lavochkin Gorbunov Gudkov LaGG-3 (8th Series) | Soviet Union | Army | Captured |
| Douglas DC-2 | United States | Army | In Service |
| Fairchild 22 C-7A | United States | Army | In Service |
| Salmson 2A2 | United States | Army | In Service |
| North American P51-C | United States | Army | Captured |
| Boeing B17E and B17C(?) | United States | Army | Captured |
| Curtiss-Wright CW-21B | United States | Army | Captured |
| Fokker Super Universal (Modified) | United States | Army/Navy | In Service |
| Lockheed 10 & 14 | United States | Army/Navy | Evaluated |
| Curtiss P40E | United States | Army/Navy | Captured |
| Seversky 2PA-B3 | United States | Navy | In Service |
| Douglas DF | United States | Navy | Evaluated |
| Fairchild A942-B | United States | Navy | Evaluated |
| Douglas DC-3 | United States | Navy | Evaluated |
| North American NA-16 | United States | Navy | Evaluated |
| Northrop Gamma | United States | Navy | Evaluated |
| Douglas DB-19 | United States | Navy | Evaluated |
| Chance Vought V-143 | United States | Navy | Evaluated |
| Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat | United States | Navy | Captured |
| Douglas Boston III (A20) | United States | Navy | Captured |
| Vought F4U Corsair | United States | Navy | ? |
| Ryan Trainer | United States | ? | Captured |
| Compiled by Harvey Low | |||
| Additional notes on Dutch AC from Magiel Venema, Dick Pattee. | |||