Japanes aircraft instrument panels

[Mike1158]

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Might be useful.

[Don Boose]

A useful reference. Most of the major types are represented there.

Thanks.

Don

[tawnyman]

Very useful and attractive work. Good find, thanks. Julian

[Richschindler]

Very interesting and useful indeed.

[tawnyman]

For some reason I felt compelled to work out what each one is. This is what I think they translate to, using Firefox Translate add-on and a bit of use of Japanese Wikipedia. I didn't do the radios etc at the end. If you click on the bit at the bottom it takes you to another page with some nice renderings of various Japanese warfare.

Row 1
Mitsubishi A5M Type 2 No. 1 Type Fighter
Mitsubishi A5M Type 2 No. 2 Ship Fighter
Mitsubishi A5M Type 4 Fighter
Row 2
Mitsubishi Zero Type Ship Fighter 11 or 21
Mitsubishi Zero Type Ship Fighter 32 or 22
Mitsubishi Zero Type Ship Flight Fighter Type 52
Mitsubishi Zero Type Ship Flight Fighter Type 52 or 62
Row 3
Mitsubishi Zero Type Ship Flight Fighter Type 52 Type C 3
Nakajima Kikka
Aichi D3A 11 type
Aichi D3A 22 type
Row 4
Mitsubishi B5M type 97
Nakajima J5N
Yokosuka P1Y Type 11
Yokosuka P1Y type 11 Night Fighter variant
Row 5
Mitsubishi J8M example at Komaki Museum
Mitsubishi J8M No 403 Planes of Fame Museum example
Nakajima J1N
Yokosuka R2Y Cirrus Cloud
Row 6
Mitsubishi A7M 11 type
Aichi B7A
Nakajima B6N 11 type
Nakajima B6N 12 type
Row 7
Aichi M6A Harumi Early Type
Aichi M6A Hidenaga late model
Kawanishi J3K1
Row 8
Mitsubishi J2M Prototype
Mitsubishi J2M 11 Type
Mitsubishi J2M 21 initial
Mitsubishi J2M 21 Type Middle
Row 9
Kawanishi N1K 514
Kawanishi N1K 565
Kawanishi N1K Shiden
Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai
Row 10
Yokosuka D4Y 11 type
Yokosuka D4Y 12 type
Yokosuka D4Y 43 type
Row 11
Kawanishi E7K type 94
Mitsubishi C5M type 98
Mitsubishi F1M
Aichi E13A Type 0
Row 12
Yokosuka E14Y Type 0
Kyushu Q1W 11 Type (Initial)
Kyushu Q1W 11 Type (Late)
Aichi E16A 11 type
Row 13
Yokosuka K5Y type 93 initial
Yokosuka K5Y Middle term front seat
Yokosuka K5Y (Middle term) Rear seat
Row 14
Nakajima C6N prototype
Nakajima C6N1 Night fighter
Nakajima C6N1 Regular version
Kyushu K11W
Row 15
Kawanishi H6K type 97
Kawanishi H8K
Nakajima G8N Rita
Row 16
Mitsubishi G3M 11 type
Mitsubishi G4M 21 type
Showa L2D Type 11
Showa L2D type 22
Row 17
Mitsubishi G4M 11 type Betty initial version
Mitsubishi G4M 11 type Betty later version
Mitsubishi G4M2 model 22
Mitsubishi G4M3 model 34
Row 18
Yokosuka MXY7 model 11
Yokosuka MXY7 Type 22
Row 19
Mitsubishi Ki-57
Kawasaki Ki-61 type 3
Nakajima Ki-43 Falcon
Tachikawa Ki-36
Row 20
Kawasaki Ki-10
Nakajima Ki-44 type 2 fighter
Mitsubishi Ki-83
Mitsubishi Ki 51
Row 21
Gasuden Koken
Mitsubishi Ki-46
Nakajima Ki-84 later type
Nakajima Ki-84 prototype


Any errors, let me know!
Julian

[at6]

That rear seat panel in row 13 looks a lot like a T-6 front instrument panel doesn't it?

[CMDRTED]

Julian excellent work thank you. I had my hiragana katakana dictionary out the other day.

[tawnyman]

I had an interest in learning spoken Japanese when I was younger, which didn't progress very far, but I possessed a copy of Kenneth Henshall's 'Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters', which was a lovely book and left me with a hankering after learning more. Who knows, maybe in the future. Along with a hundred other projects!
Julian