Imperial Japanese Navy official aircraft names | |||||||||
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| Fighters |
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| Heavy bombers4 | |||||||||
| Bombers5 | |||||||||
| Patrol6 | |||||||||
| Reconnaissance7 | |||||||||
| Trainers8 | |||||||||
| Transports9 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous10 | |||||||||
| Special-purpose aircraft11 | |||||||||
With some exceptions for rockets, jets and repurposed aircraft, names chosen were for: 1. Winds, 2. Lightning, 3. Nighttime lights, 4. Mountains, 5. Stars/constellations, 6. Seas, 7. Clouds, 8. Plants, 9. Skies, 10. Landscapes, and 11. Flowers. Published translations disagree, and many are simplified, especially for plants, where the Japanese referred to a specific variety and the common translations only to the broader type. | |||||||||