Nakajima J1N "Irving"

Nakajima J1N1-C-KAI night fighter converted from J1N1-C.

 

 

J1N1-C-KAI night fighter converted from J1N1-C.

J1N1-S night fighter with airborne radar although no armament is pictured here.

J1N1-R with dorsal turret with single 20mm cannon, after nosing over during a landing.

J1N1-S likely on a Kamikaze mission.

Yokosuka Naval Air Depot, 1945 after occupation by US Navy. Note the J1N1-S night fighter. The pointed nose is obscured since the left engine is behind it, but the quad radar antennae are clearly visible. Another J1N1-S nose is visible in the lower left corner.

J1N1-S.

Scores of Japanese aircraft warming up for takeoff. In the foreground are four J1N1s.

J1N1-C first prototype.

J1N1-C first prototype.

J1N1-S. Note victory markings on tail.

J1N1-S captured on ground.

Another view of same J1N1-S as above.

J1N1-C Navy Type 2 Reconnaissance Plane.

J1N1-Sa. No downward firing gun, and a third 20mm cannon added to the top (rear is a twin 20mm Type 99).

Another view of the same J1N1-Sa.

J1N1-C KAI Model 11 of the Kokosuka Kokutai. J1N1-C KAI is a field conversion of J1N1-C recon to fighter. This has upward and downward cannons, but rear observation area that was deleted in J1N1-S is still present.

J1N1-R.

J1N1-C Navy Type 2 Reconnaissance Plane. Close-up of observer’s separate cockpit.