List of aircraft of Japan during World War II


This is a list of aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Reconnaissance aircraft

Trainers

Trainer aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II were frequently modified from operational aircraft and differentiated by the suffix letter "K". Japanese training aircraft were red-orange where combat aircraft would have been camouflaged.
AircraftAllied
Code name		First
flown		Number
built		Service
Aichi M6A1-K Nanzan Navy Special Strike Submarine Bomber trainern/a19432IJN
Kawanishi N1K2-K Shiden Navy Land Interceptor modified as Fighter TrainerGeorge1943IJN
Kyushu K10W1 Navy Type 2 Land-based Intermediate TrainerOak1941176IJN
Kyushu K11W1 Shiragiku Navy Operations Trainern/a1942798IJN
Kyushu Q1W1-K Tokai-RenLorna1943153IJN
Mansyu Ki-79 Army Type 2 Advanced TrainerNate19361329IJA
Mitsubishi A5M4-K Navy Carrier Fighter Type 96, model 4Claude1935103IJN
Mitsubishi A6M2-K & A6M5-K Navy Carrier Fighter Type 0Zeke1939243IJN
Mitsubishi G3M1/2-KNell19351048IJN
Mitsubishi G6M1-K Navy Land TrainerBetty1939IJN
Mitsubishi K3M Navy Type 90 Crew Training AircraftPine1930625IJN
Nakajima A4N1-Kn/a1934221IJN
Tachikawa Ki-9 Army Type 95-1 Medium Grade TrainerSpruce19352618IJA
Tachikawa Ki-17 Army Type 95-3 Basic Grade TrainerCedar1935560IJA
Tachikawa Ki-54 Army Type 1 Advanced TrainerHickory19401368IJA
Tachikawa Ki-55 Army Type 99 Advanced TrainerIda19391389IJA
Yokosuka K5Y1Willow19335770IJN
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 43 K-1 Kai n/a194445IJN
Yokosuka MXY-8 Akigusan/a194550-60IJN

Transports

A total of 85611 aircraft were produced by Japan in WW2.