Warplanes of Japan: Kokusai Ki-86A

Kokusai Ki-86A

Kokusai Ki-86A (Allied code name "Cypress") in 1945. This plane was a German Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann which was licence-produced in Japan.  Approximately 1,037 Ki-86s were built for the Imperial Japanese Air Force and 339 Kyushu K9W1 for the Imperial Japanese Navy.  (USN Photo)

Kyushu K9W1 Navy Type 2 Primary Trainer Momiji, codenamed “Cypress” built for the Imperial Japanese Navy.  One was collected by the RAF and flown at the ATAIU-SEA airfield at Tebrau, Malaya in 1945.  It was scrapped after accidental fire damage.

(IJAAF Photo)

Kokusai Ki-86A