Why did American pilots and air defense forces laugh at Japanese planes as lighters during World War II? What is the Mariana Turkey Shooting Competition?

The most famous Japanese bomber in the Pacific War, with a thick and round fuselage like a big cigar, was called flying cigar by the Japanese army. The early model was easily shot down by the US military without any armor protection, so it was dubbed the flying lighter.

The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a naval battle between imperial japanese navy and the US Navy near the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. This is the biggest carrier battle in history. Because the Japanese plane was easily shot down by American warplanes in the battle, it was dubbed by Americans as "the great Mariana Turkey shot".

Naming rules for Japanese naval fighters: Numbers are named after Japanese era, such as Zero War and 2600 Japanese era. Zero war 2 1, zero war 32, the first digit represents the engine model, and the second digit represents the aircraft body model. Japanese naval fighters generally have nicknames. Unlike the army, Japanese naval fighters have a naming rule.

1 Fighter named after meteorological phenomenon: carrier-based aircraft named wind: gust, gale and strong wind; Land-based naval fighters are named lightning: lightning, purple electricity and electric shock; Night fighters are named light: moonlight, lightning and aurora.

Reconnaissance planes are named after clouds: Cai Yun, Ziyun, Ruiyun and Xiaoyun.

Bombers are named after constellations or stars: Milky Way, Meteor.

The attack planes are named after mountains: Taishan, Lianshan and Shenshan.

The special attack machine is named after the flower name: cherry blossom (cherry blossom special attack machine), orange blossom and plum blossom.

The warning machine is named after the ocean: the ocean and the East China Sea.

The transport plane is named after the sky: clear sky, pale sky.

Trainers are named after plants: red leaves and chrysanthemums.

Japanese navy fighters also have English numbers, such as Zero War 2 1 A5M2. A stands for attack, 5 stands for model, M stands for Mitsubishi, stands for being made by Mitsubishi, and 2 stands for being finalized by the second prototype.

The first English label is the aircraft type: A carrier fighter, B carrier attack aircraft, C carrier reconnaissance aircraft, D carrier bomber, E water reconnaissance aircraft, F observation aircraft, G land attack aircraft, H airship, J land fighter, K trainer, L transport aircraft, M special fighter, N water fighter, P land bomber, Q early warning aircraft, R land-based naval fighter, S night fighter and MX special fighter.

The second English label is the manufacturing company: A Aichi Aviation Manufacturing, G Hitachi Aviation Manufacturing, H Hiroshima Naval Factory Manufacturing, I Ishikawa Island Aviation Industry Manufacturing, J Japan Small Aircraft Manufacturing, K Chuanxi Aviation Manufacturing, M Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Manufacturing, N Nakajima Aviation Manufacturing, P Japan Aircraft Manufacturing, S Sasebo Naval Factory Manufacturing, SI Showa Aviation Manufacturing, W Kyushu Aviation Manufacturing, Y Yokosuka Naval Factory Manufacturing, and Z Mizuno Aviation Manufacturing.

1 carrier fighter

Nakajima 90 Carrier Fighter Type 2 A2n1-2 (1932-1935)

Mitsubishi 96 No.4 carrier fighter A5M4( 1936- 1940)

Mitsubishi Zero 2 1 A5M2 carrier-based fighter is a typical representative of Japanese fighter.

Mitsubishi Zero 32 A6M3 Carrier Fighter

Mitsubishi Zero 22 A6M3 Carrier Fighter

Mitsubishi Zero 52 A6M5 Carrier Fighter

Mitsubishi Dafeng 1 1 A7M2 Carrier Fighter

Domestic fighter (short range, but very powerful firepower and protection, used to meet enemy planes in defensive warfare, and also became a land-based naval fighter)

Kyushu 18 "Seismoelectric" J7W 1 Local Fighter

Mitsubishi thunder 2 1 J2M3

Mitsubishi Thunder 3 1 J2M6

West Sichuan Zidian 1 1 type N 1K 1-J

3 night fighter

Comet Aichi 12 D4Y2

Nakajima Moonlight11j1n1-s

4 special fighters

Mitsubishi Qiushui J8M 1 Lu Haijun GM Local Fighter

Nakajima "orange blossom"

Sakura special attack aircraft

Five attack aircraft

Nakajima 97 1 B5N 1

Aichi 99 1 1 D3A 1

Nakajima Jiujiu style 22 D3A2

Zhongdao Tianshan Mountain 12 B6N2.

Air Technology Factory "Comet" 12 D4Y2

"Comet" Type 43 D4Y4

Aichi "Meteor" changed to B7A2

6 seaplane

The number E7K 1, Sichuan 94th Division.

Aichi 98 maritime reconnaissance plane E 1 1A 1

Mitsubishi zero water observation machine F 1M2-K

Nakajima II maritime fighter A6M2-N

West Sichuan 14 high-speed water reconnaissance plane Ziyun.

Strong wind N 1K2 in western Sichuan

Aichi Ruiyun11e16a1

Aichi Cymbidium M6A 1

Seven reconnaissance planes

Eighteen "Jingyun" reconnaissance planes R2Y2

Kyushu Donghai11q1w1

8 sea transport aircraft

Type ⅱ 12 H8K2

Type H6K5, Type 23, Type 97, Western Sichuan

Naming rules for fighters of the Japanese Army Air Force: I fighter and other similar names adopt the Japanese era, the modified models with larger engines adopt Roman numerals I and I and II, and the modified models with smaller aircraft shapes adopt A, B, C and D.. Fighters of the Japanese Army Air Force generally have nicknames, such as Falcon, Swallow and Blast, but there are no naming rules.

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The main battlefield of Nakajima I fighter Hayabusa II (194 1- 1945): Chinese mainland, zhina.

Kawasaki II two-seater fighter "Longtu" D (1942- 1945) is equipped with a 37mm cannon, and the middle part is equipped with a 20mm cannon.

Kawasaki III fighter "Yan Fei" type 2 modification (1942- 1945) is the only liquid-cooled fighter in Japan.

Kawasaki III fighter Yan Fei 1 B

Nakajima II fighter

Nakajima IV fighter "Blast" is the highest speed fighter in Japan.

Kawasaki Five Fighter 1 A

Kawasaki V 1 B

Nakajima's "Fire Dragon" fighter, Showa 19, Japan obtained the technical data of Messer Schmidt 262 fighter from Germany, and based on this, Japan developed a brand-new jet fighter.

Mitsubishi special air defense fighter

The second reconnaissance plane

Mitsubishi 97 reconnaissance plane 1

Lichuan 98 reconnaissance plane

Mitsubishi spy plane

Three bombers

Kawasaki 99 bomber1(1940-1945)

Nakajima Hundred-style Bomber "Donlon" 2 A

Mitsubishi IV bomber "dragonfly"