The Nakajima A4N was a carrier -based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy , and the last biplane designed by Nakajima. The first prototype was completed in 1934 , but due to engine trouble, the aircraft did not see service until 1936 . Given the Nakajima internal designation Nakajima YM , the Japanese Navy designation was Navy Type 95 Carrier Fighter . A total of 221 were built. It saw combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War in the late 1930s.
7-538: The A4N was a further development of, and replacement for the Nakajima A2N which was a private venture by Nakajima. The A4N was powered by the Nakajima Hikari 1 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, coupled to a Hamilton two blade metal propeller, and it was armed with 7.7 mm caliber Type 97 machine guns . The aircraft was flown by one pilot. In 1935 there was a combat trial of many aircraft including
14-801: A significant improvement over the Nakajima A1N . Jingo Kurihara carried out a major redesign and another prototype, the A2N1, powered by a 432 kW (579 hp) Nakajima Kotobuki 2, was completed in May 1931. The type was adopted by the Navy in April 1932. A two-seat trainer , the A3N3-1 ( Navy Type 90 Training Fighter ), was later developed from the Navy Type 90 Carrier Fighter and 66 of these were built between 1936 and 1939. The A4N
21-677: The A4N, prototypes, and older aircraft in which the A5M and Ki 10 prototype were considered the most maneuverable. The Nakajima A4N1 was succeeded by the Mitsubishi A5M Type 96, a monoplane fighter. The A4N was one of the aircraft types involved in the Panay incident , in which Japanese forces sunk the USS Panay river gunboat. Three Yokosuka B4Y Type 96 bombers and nine Nakajima A4N Type 95 fighters attacked
28-479: The Chinese Air Force. Data from Japanese Aircraft, 1910–1941 General characteristics Performance Armament Related development Related lists Nakajima A2N The Nakajima A2N or Navy Type 90 Carrier Fighter was a Japanese carrier -borne fighter of the 1930s. It was a single-engined biplane of mixed construction, with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage . The A2N
35-687: The boat. In addition to bombing the Panay, they also strafed the lifeboat evacuating wounded to shore. The USS Panay was evacuating nationals and foreigners, as Japanese aircraft were there in Shanghai because of the Sino-Japanese war, with the incident being resolved diplomatically. In the Second Sino-Japanese War , A4Ns were used to escort G3M medium bombers starting in August after they proved vulnerable to
42-532: Was developed from this aircraft, which entered service later in the 1930s. In 1932, Minoru Genda formed a flight demonstration team known as "Genda's Flying Circus" to promote naval aviation and flew this type. The Navy Type 90 Carrier-based fighter flew from the Hōshō , Kaga and Ryūjō . On what would become the first air battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War-Second World War for
49-605: Was originally developed as a private venture by Nakajima for the Imperial Japanese Navy . It was based loosely on the Boeing Model 69 and Boeing Model 100 , examples of both having been imported in 1928 and 1929 respectively. Takao Yoshida led the design team and two prototypes , designated Navy Type 90 Carrier Fighter in anticipation of Navy acceptance, were ready by December 1929. Powered by Bristol Jupiter VI engines, these were rejected, not being regarded as offering
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