You are probably referring to the Gekko (Irving) night fighter which was
restored
and on display at Udvar-Hazy. This is the other twin engined Japanese
fighter, that the Japanese made in relatively large numbers and were
very active in daylight operations.
The Ki-45 hasn't been restored yet, maybe there is nothing to restore
other than the fuselage. I hope there is as it is a pretty a/c.
AL
JDupre5762 wrote:
I can't seem to find any confirmation, either way, on whether
the Ki-45 at Garber is a complete aircraft or just the fuselage
missing tail section and wings/engines.
This is the twin engined night fighter right?
As I recall from the book Restoring Museum Aircraft the whole aircraft was
restored sometime ago. The internal equipment is incomplete especially the air
intercept radar equipment. But there are photos of the major components being
restored.
John Dupre'
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