Japanese Airpower is a comprehensive look at the air forces of Imperial Japan in December 1941. Extensively researched from Japanese archival sources, Airpower is a digital book that covers then entire Army and Naval air forces of Japan in great depth.
With over 400 pages of background, order of battle, deployment, aircraft and unit data, and coverage of the entire Japanese airbase network as it existed when the war broke out, Japanese Airpower covers the forces that swept the Allies from the sky as never before. In addition are more than 250 photos, diagrams, maps and other illustrations.
Japanese Airpower At The Outbreak Of The Pacific War contains a great deal of information not previously available in an English language work.

Army Formations Covered

1st Air Wing, deployed in Central China
1st Air Division, primarily training units deployed in the Home Islands
Other units deployed in the Home Islands
2nd Air Division, deployed in Manchuko under the Kwantung Army
Kwantung Army Air Corps
Army Air Force units under direct command of the Southern Theater Army
3rd Air Division, deployed in Indo China
5th Air Division, deployed in Formosa

Naval Formations Covered

1st Air Fleet, including 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Air Divisions
11th Air Fleet, including the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Air Flotillas
1st Fleet, including 3rd Air Division
2nd Fleet
3rd Fleet
4th Fleet, including the 24th Air Flotilla
5th Fleet
6th Fleet
China Theater Fleet
Southern Fleet
Bako Guard District
Chinkai Guard District
Kure Navy Station
Maizuru Navy Station
Ominato Guard District
Osaka Guard District
Sasebo Navy Station
Yokosuka Navy Station

Army Aircraft Covered

IJAAF Aircraft

Tachikawa Ki-9a [Spruce]

Mitsubishi Ki-15-II [Babs]

Tachikawa Ki-17 [Cedar]

Mitsubishi Ki-21-Ic and Ki-21-IIa [Sally]

Nakajima Ki-27b [Nate]

Mitsubishi Ki-30 [Ann]

Kawasaki Ki-32 [Mary]

Nakajima Ki-34 [Thora]

Tachikawa Ki-36 [Ida]

Nakajima Ki-43-Ia [Oscar]

Nakajima Ki-44 Prototype [Tojo]

Mitsubishi Ki-46-I and Ki-46-II [Dinah]

Kawasaki Ki-48-I [Lily]

Mitsubishi Ki-51 [Sonia]

Tachikawa Ki-54b [Hikory]

Tachikawa Ki-55 [Ida]

Kawasaki Ki-56 [Thalia]

Mitsubishi Ki-57-I [Topsy]

Kokusai Ki-59 [Theresa]

Kokusai Ki-76 [Stella]

Lockheed Type LO [Toby]

Naval Aircraft Covered

 

IJNAF Aircraft

Mitsubishi A5M4/24 and A5M4/34 [Claude]

Mitsubishi A6M2/11 [Zero]

Mitsubishi A6M2/21 [Zero]

Mitsubishi A6M2-N [Rufe]

Nakajima B5N1/11 and B5N2/12 [Kate]

Mitsubishi C5M1 and C5M2 [Babs]

Aichi D3A1/11 and D3A2/22 [Val]

Kawanishi E7K2 [Alf]

Nakajima E8N2 [Dave]

Aichi E13A1 and E13A1/11a [Jake]

Yokosuka E14Y1 [Glen]

Mitsubishi F1M2 [Pete]

Mitsubishi G3M2/22 and G3M3/23 [Nell]

Mitsubishi G4M1 [Betty]

Kawanishi H6K4/22, H6K5/23, H6K2-L, and H6K4-L [Mavis]

Kawanishi H8K1/11 and H8K2/12 [Emily]

Yokosuka K5Y1 and K5Y2 [Willow]

Kyushi K10W1 [Oak]

Nakajima L1N1 [Thora]

Nakajima L2D [Tabby]

Japanese Airpower is available for both the Macintosh and PC platforms for $40 US

It is also available bundled with its companion Digital History, Skies Of Red, for $50 US

Mac And PC Requirements - any word processor capable of reading RTF (Interchange) format, such as Microsoft Word or Clarisworks, approximately 13 MB of hard drive space is required

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