Aircraft · Japan · 1945
Nakajima Kikka
jet ground-attack aircraft
The Kikka was Japan's first turbojet-powered aircraft, a twin-engine ground-attack and anti-ship design loosely inspired by the Me 262 but developed with only limited German technical data. Powered by two Ishikawajima Ne-20 axial-flow turbojets, the single completed prototype made its first flight on 7 August 1945, the day after the Hiroshima bombing, and was damaged in a hard landing on its second flight days later, ending testing before Japan's surrender. About 24 more airframes were under construction when the war ended; surviving examples were shipped to the United States for study and are now held by the Smithsonian.
| engine | 2x Ishikawajima Ne-20 turbojet |
|---|---|
| speed | 432 mph |
| range | 589 mi |
| produced | 1 flown |
