IJA-/NAF

Aircraft

A6M Zero in Action

Aircraft No. 59
Shigeru Nohara
1983 Squadron/Signal, 50p., SC
ISBN: 0-89747-141-5

 

Zero Fighter

-
Akira Yoshimura
1996 Praeger, 208p., HC+, DJ
ISBN: 0-275-95355-6

 

Eagles of Mitsubishi

The Story of the Zero Fighter
Jiro Horikoshi (chief designer!)
1981 Univeristy of Washington, 160p., HC+, DJ
ISBN: 0-295-95826-X

 

Mistubishi A6M1/2/-2N

in Japanese Naval Service
Richard Bueschel
1995 Schiffer, 63p., SC
ISBN: 0-88740-754-4

 

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa

In Japanese Airmy Air Force, RTAF-CAF-IPAF Service
Richard Bueschel
1995 Schiffer, 61p., SC
ISBN: 0-88740-804-4

 

Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki

In Japanese Airmy Air Force Service
Richard Bueschel
1996 Schiffer, 63p., SC
ISBN: 0-88740-914-8

 

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien

In Japanese Airmy Air Force Service
Richard Bueschel
1996 Schiffer, 63p., SC
ISBN: 0-7643-0069-5

 

Nakajima Ki-84a/b Hayate

In Japanese Airmy Air Force Service
Richard Bueschel
1997 Schiffer, 63p., SC
ISBN: 0-7643-0149-7

 

Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War

-
René Francillon
1987 Naval Institute, 570p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 0-77021-313-X

 

Japanese Aircraft of World War II

With Color Photographs
Basil Collier
1979 Mayflower, 144p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 0-8317-5137-1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

The Great Book of World War II Airplanes

Originally 12 separate volumes

1984 Bonanza, 632p., HC (very fine quality), DJ
ISBN: 0-517-45993-0

 

Aces

Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II

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Ikuhiko Hata & Yasuho Izawa
1990 Airlife, 442p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 1-85310-138-9

 

Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937-45

Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 13
Henry Sakaida
1997 Osprey, 96p., SC
ISBN: 1-85532-529-2

 

Biographical

Samurai!

Classics of Naval History
Saburo Sakai & Martin Caidin
1991 Naval Institute, 362p., HC+, SJ
ISBN: 0-89747-141-5

 

Historical

The Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945)

A Battle History of...
Paul Dunn
1978 Naval Institute, 402p., HC+, DJ
ISBN: 0-87021-097-1

 

Midway

The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy's Story
Mitsuo Fuchida & Masatake Okumiya
1992 Naval Institute, 307p., HC+, DJ
ISBN: 1-55750-575-6

 

The Divine Wind

Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II
Rikihei Inoguchi, Tadashi Nakajima & Roger Pinneau
1994 Naval Institute, 240p., HC+, DJ
ISBN: 0-55750-394-X

 

Miscellaneous

Airpower, May 1996, Volume 26 No. 3

Exploding the Zero Myth, How good was Japan's A6M?

 

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