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    Airframe Family: Kawanishi N1K Rex/George (Allies)
    Latest Model:N1K2-J Shinden KAI
    Last Military Serial:5341 IJNAF
    Compressed ID:Kawanishi N1K2-J sn 5341 IJNAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N1K2-J.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force with s/n 5341.

    Transferred to Omura or Oppama Naval Air Station, Japan.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy.
    For test and evaluation purposes.
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    1945

    Transported by ship.
    Yokosuka Naval Shipyard to Norfolk VA aboard escort carrier USS Barnes.

    Transferred to Naval Air Facility Philidelphia, PA.

    Assigned to NAS Willow Grove, PA for storage.
    In open storage.

    1983

    To Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility.
    Put in storage.

    From December 1991 to November 1994

    Restored.
    At Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa, AZ.

    Placed on display with Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    Markings Applied: A, 343-35
    In the markings of 343 Kokutai, based at Omura Naval Air Station in 1945.

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    15 May 2018


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: at Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum
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