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Aircraft History Built by Nakajima as the second prototype built. Assigned to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as J9Y Kikka. This Kikka was built for airframe load testing and was never flown. Wartime History At the end of the Pacific War, captured in Japan and inspected by U.S. Navy (USN) intelligence. This fuselage plus two Ne-20 jet engines were loaded aboard USS Barnes (CVE-20) with other captured aircraft and departed Japan on November 3, 1945 bound the United States. Postwar During 1946, the two Ne-20 jet engines were sent to Chrysler Corporation for technical evaluation. A working engine was assembled using parts of both engines and was tested for 11 hours and 46 minutes. The findings were published in a secret report "Japanese NE-20 turbo jet engine. Construction and performance" completed in 1947. During the late 1940s, the Kikka fuselage was stored at NAS Patuxent River then NAS Norfolk. Later, moved to NAS Willow Grove and displayed outdoors as part of the David Ascher collection. Display In 1961, donated to the National Air & Space Museum collection as inventory number A19610121000. The Kikka fuselage with the center wing were placed into storage at the NASM Garber Facility. On March 14, 2011 placed on display at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center. At the Tokyo Science Museum, one Ne-20 jet engine, design documents and the Chrysler Corporation report are on display. References Chrysler Corporation "Japanese NE-20 turbo jet engine. Construction and performance" 1947 National Air and Space Museum - Nakajima Kikka (Orange Blossom) Contribute
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