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Modern Marvels - Secret Japanese Aircraft Of WWII

Seizoen: 11 - Aflevering: 27 / 400 - Eerst uitgezonden: 16 juni 2005 - Episode ID: 182414

In the 1930s, Japanese designers created a range of warplanes, culminating in the legendary Ki-43 Oscar and the A6M Zero. As the war turned against Japan, designers created the rocket-powered Shusui, the Kikka jet fighter, and the experimental R2Y Keiun. We also disclose frantic preparations to assemble a secret airforce of jet and rocket planes to counter an anticipated US invasion in1945, and chronicle post-war aviation and the birth of the Japanese rocket program in the 1950s and '60s.