Description
Object description
whole: the 21 images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow black border. The title and main text are separate and
positioned across the top edge, in black. The text is integrated and placed over the majority as captions, also in black. All set against a
white background.
image: 21 separate depictions of Japanese military aircraft, each one seen in silhouette, and most from four different
angles.
text: JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION
SINGLE-ENGINED FIGHTERS and BOMBERS
ARMY
TYPE 97 - NAKAJIMA
Single Seater Fighter (Army Air Service)
Span 35'-7''
Length 24'-4''
Height 8'
SERIAL 3
ARMY
TYPE 97 - MITSUBISHI MITSU 97
Single Seater Fighter (Army Air Service)
Span 36'
Length 24
Height 8'
SERIAL 3A
ARMY
TYPE - MESSERSCHMITT ME 109
Single Seater Fighter (Army Air Service)
Span 32'-5''
Length 28'-3''
Height 8'-4''
SERIAL 11
A
B
NAVY
TYPE 96 - MITSUBISHI
Single Seater Fighter (Naval Air Service)
Span 36'
Length 24'-7''
Height 9'-10''
SERIAL 35
NAVY
TYPE 97 - MITSUBISHI
Single Seater Fighter (Naval Air Service)
Span 39'-6''
Length 25
Height 10'
SERIAL 39
NAVY
TYPE 97 - NAKAJIMA NAKA 97
Single Seater Fighter (Naval Air Service)
Span 35'-6''
Length 25'-7''
Height 10'-1''
SERIAL 39A
NAVY
TYPE 'S' - SEVERSKY
Two Seater Fighter (Naval Air Service)
Span 36'
Length 25'-4''
Height 9'-6''
SERIAL 42
NAVY
TYPE 'O' - MITSUBISHI
Single Seater Fighter (Naval Air Service)
Span 39'-4''
Length 28'-5''
Height 9'-2''
SERIAL 48
NAVY
TYPE 97 - MITSUBISHI
Torpedo Bomber (Naval Air Service)
Span 50'
Length 35'
Height 14'-2''
SERIAL 40
C
ARMY
TYPE 98 - MITSUBISHI MITSU 104
Light Bomber (Army Air Service)
Span 46'
Length 29'-4''
Height 11'-9''
SERIAL 7
ARMY
TYPE 98 - (MITSUBISHI ?)
Reconnaissance (Army Air Service)
Span
Length
Height
SERIAL 16
ARMY
TYPE - SHOWA SHO 98
Fighter-Bomber (Army Air Service)
Span 49'-11''
Length 37'-6''
Height 9'-11''
SERIAL 17
ARMY
TYPE 97 - KAWASAKI
Light Bomber (Army Air Service)
Span 47'-8''
Length
Height
SERIAL 4
ARMY
MODIFIED TYPE 97 - KAWASAKI
Light Bomber (Army Air Service)
Span 47'-8''
Length
Height
SERIAL 4A
ARMY
TYPE 97 - MITSUBISHI
Light Bomber (Army Air Service)
Span 40'
Length 27'
Height 9'-4''
SERIAL 4B
ARMY and NAVY
TYPE 97 - MITSUBISHI (Kamikaze)
Reconnaissance (Army Air Service) - (Naval Air Service)
Span 39'-8''
Length 28'-6''
Height 11'-4''
SERIAL 6
ARMY
TYPE 97 - OSAKA
Light Bomber Reconnaissance (Army Air Service)
Span 34'
Length 25'-9''
Height 10'-6''
SERIAL 14
ARMY
TYPE 98 - KAWASAKI KAWA 102
Single Seater Fighter (Army Air Service)
Span 29'
Length 23'-4''
Height 10'-2''
SERIAL 15
NAVY
TYPE 95 -
Single Seater Fighter (Naval Air Service)
Span 32'-9''
Length 21'-4''
Height 10'-3''
SERIAL 34
NAVY
TYPE 96 - NAKAJIMA
Torpedo Bomber (Naval Air Service)
Span 49'-2''
Length 32'-10''
Height 14'-9''
Vertical inboard strut is omitted in a variation of this type
SERIAL 36
NAVY
TYPE 96 - MITSUBISHI
Dive Bomber (Naval Air Force)
Span 37'-6''
Length 30'-10''
Height 12'-10''
SERIAL 38
D
BY AUTHORITY - - AIRBOARD
DECEMBER, 1941
SERIAL NUMBER IS TO BE USED WHEN REPORTING
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY.
R.A.A.F. DIAGRAM No. 250A. SHEET No. 1
Physical description
Royal Australian Air Force Diagram No.250A, Sheet No.1.
Part of a series of similar posters (see PST 16676, PST 16678 and PST 16679).