Aircraft History
Built October 1942 at Kawasaki’s plant at Gifu (Kagamigahara).  One engine 1625 from September 1942. Motted green upper surfaces and gray lower. Assigned to the 13th Sentai when it arrived at Rabaul in May 1943.

Wartime History
Demolished on the ground at Cape Glouchester Airfield on No. 2 strip (East Airfield), likely during June 1943.

Wreckage
Captured by Marines on December 30, 1943 at the airfield and evaluated by Allied intelligence.

References
Tuluvu's Air War (Chapter X: The Aircraft of Tuluvu) by Richard Dunn
CEAR "Japanese Aircraft Makers' Plates and Markings", page 9

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009