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| IJN ? Kōkūtai |
Wartime History Built by Kawanishi Kokuki Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawanishi Aircraft Company). Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as N1K1 Kyōfū manufacture number 562. Wartime History Assigned to an unknown Kokutai (Air Group). No known markings or tail number. This N1K1 survived to the end of the Pacific War. In early September 1945 surrendered in Japan to American occupation forces. This N1K1 was one of four intact examples selected by U.S. forces for technical evaluation and collected at Kowa. Afterwards, one of 145 Japanese aircraft shipped to the United States and studied by the U.S. Navy (USN). In the United States, this N1K1 was repainted by the U.S. Navy (USN) with bogus kill markings, and a fake fuselage stencil with '1942' as the manufacture number and 'VP-64' as the unit. Later, disassembled into pieces. Display Later, acquired by the Nimitz Museum in component pieces. Basic static restoration work was completed and assembled into a complete airframe. In the middle 2000, due to lack of display space this N1K1 was placed into storage at the Pacific Combat Zone extension of the museum. The museum does plan have it on public display in the future. Contribute
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