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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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Nice. I was going to ask if that was a Ki-84.

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After the war, the US test flew the Ki 84. Repaired, tuned and filled with US av gas, the Hayate flew rings around P 51s, P 47s at higher altitudes, and held their own against F6s and F4u's at lower altitudes. The guys running the tests realized that with decent gas, the Ki 84 would have done very well against US pilots.

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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