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It looked aggressive, flew well, and in the hands of a competent Japanese pilot it gave USAAF a run for its money. The bane of P-51s and B-29s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84

Edit to add: source of that rare in flight picture https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/nakajima-ki-84-1a-hayate-gale.2666/

It looked aggressive, flew well, and in the hands of a competent Japanese pilot it gave USAAF a run for its money. The bane of P-51s and B-29s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84 Edit to add: source of that rare in flight picture https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/nakajima-ki-84-1a-hayate-gale.2666/

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This is very interesting, I would like to research it further. Can you point me in the right direction? Fascinating none the less.

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J-Airaft.com and Aviation Japan would be good starting points. A modeling site dedicated to perticular interests will yield a lot of detailed info. Guys that build models want to add detail, which turns up layers of info. For some general reading, try Large Scale Planes.com