AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1944. "IRVING", TWIN ENGINE NAVY RECONNAISSANCE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 068948
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1944. "IRVING", TWIN ENGINE NAVY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT J1N1 OR NIGHT FIGHTER J1N1-S. THE NAKAJIMA J1N1 AND J1N1-S, "IRVING". JAPAN. TWIN ENGINE, ALL METAL, LOW WING MONOPLANE. POWER PLANT: TWO 1020HP. NAKAJIMA "SAKAE" 21 INCH 14 CYLINDER MOTORS. ARMAMENT: ONE 20MM CANNON AND TWO 7.7MM MACHINE GUNS IN NOSE. TWO TURRETS, EACH EQUIPPED WITH TWO 7.7MM MACHINE GUNS REMOTELY CONTROLLED.