Mitsubishi
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Aircraft Types
Mitsubishi F1M Pete
The Mitsubishi F1M 'Pete' was a two-seat observation floatplane flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy throughout the Second World War. Designed in the mid-1930s to be catapulted from battleships and cruisers and to spot for their guns, the last biplane type in Japanese naval service proved useful far beyond its intended role, flying patrol, escort, strike and fighter sorties from warships and island seaplane bases across the Pacific. Published accountings of its production disagree, giving totals between 944 and 1,124 aircraft.
Mitsubishi G4M
The Mitsubishi G4M was a twin-engine, land-based medium bomber flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service through the Second World War. The Allies called it the "Betty" and its own crews called it "Hamaki" (cigar), after its round fuselage. It was built for extreme range, which it achieved with unprotected wing fuel tanks and no crew armor, and it became the most produced Japanese bomber of the war — and, once Allied fighters could reach it in numbers, one of the most flammable.