Kawasaki Ki-61

adalah pesawat tempur berbasis darat dalam Perang Dunia II milik Kekaisaran Jepang yang digunakan oleh Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Kekaisaran Jepang. Laporan pertemuan pertama mengklaim Ki-61s adalah Messerschmitt Bf 109: Laporan lebih lanjut menyatakan bahwa pesawat baru adalah desain Italia, yang menyebabkan nama Sekutu pelaporan "Tony", oleh Departemen Perang Amerika Serikat. Disebut oleh Angkatan Darat Jepang sebagai "Type Army 3 Fighter" (三式戦闘機). ini adalah satu-satunya pesawat tempur yang diproduksi secara massal oleh Jepang untuk menggunakan mesin liquid-cooled inline V. Lebih dari 3.000 Ki-61s diproduksi. Prototipe awal melihat aksi lebih Yokohama selama Serangan Doolittle pada 18 April 1942, dan terus terbang misi tempur selama perang.

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## Referensi

## Datfar pustaka

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* Bueschel, Richard M. *Kawasaki Ki.61/Ki.100 Hien in Japanese Army Air Force Service, Aircam Aviation Series No.21*. Canterbury, Kent, UK: Osprey Publications Ltd, 1971. ISBN 0-85045-026-8.
* Crosby, Francis. *Fighter Aircraft*. London: Lorenz Books, 2002. ISBN 0-7548-0990-0.
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* Gunston, Bill. *World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers: From the Pioneers to the Present Day*. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1993. ISBN 1-55750-939-5.
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* Janowicz, Krzysztof. *68 Sentai* (in Polish). Lublin, Poland: Kagero, 2003. ISBN 83-89088-01-0.
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* Mondey, David. *The Hamlyn Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II*. London: Bounty Books, 2006. ISBN 0-7537-1460-4.
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* Sakurai, Takashi. *Hien Fighter Group: A Pictorial History of the 244th Sentai, Tokyo's Defenders* (in Japanese/English). Tokyo: Dai Nippon Kaga, 2004. ISBN unknown.
* Sakurai, Takashi. *Rikugun Hiko Dai 244 Sentai Shi* (History of the Army 244 Group) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Soubunsha, 1995. ISBN unknown.
* Snedden, Robert. *World War II Combat Aircraft*. Bristol, UK: Parragon Book, 1997. ISBN 0-7525-1684-1.
* Takaki, Koji and Henry Sakaida. *B-29 Hunters of the JAAF*. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84176-161-3
* Tanimura, Masami et al. *Kawasaki Ki-61 (Tony)*. Blaine, Washington: Paul Gaudette, Publisher, 1967.
* Vaccari, Pier Francesco. "Guerra Aerea in Nuova Guinea" (in Italian). *Rivista Italiana Difesa, N.8*, 2000.

## Pranala luar

* KI-61 article on vectorsite (public domain)
* USN report on captured Ki-61 (pdf file)
* Japanese website dedicated to the ''Tokkotai'' JAAF and JNAF
* virtual page about performance of Ki-61Kai 
* Profile drawings and artwork on the Ki-61
* The Many Faces of Tony "5017" - Article on Ki-61-II-Kai production No. 5017, still in existence
* Ki-61-II Tony Manufacture Number 640 - Covers the discovery, recovery and restoration in some detail