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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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But at the start of the war, no plane could out-dive or out-turn the Zero.

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Exactly, it was scary dangerous! It took pilots like Thatch and O'Hare to come up with successful strategies to deal with the Zeros obvious superiority. Flying Tigers paved the way with General Chennault's strategy for dealing with highly maneuverable Japanese fighters, boom and zoom!

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Jap ace Saburo Sakai wrote an excellent autobio called 'Samurai', where he extensively details the characteristics of Jap and American planes during battle. Highly recommend.