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Role | Long-range reconnaissance aircraft and attack bomber
Type of aircraft
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National origin | Japan |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi |
First flight | April 1934 |
Status | Prototype only |
Number built | 1 |
The Mitsubishi G1M was a long-range twin-engined attack bomber built by Mitsubishi for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the 1930s.
The sole prototype G1M, initially designated Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 8-Shi Special Reconnaissance Aircraft and re-designated Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 8-Shi Land based Medium Attack Aircraft before first flight, was a predecessor of the Mitsubishi G3M, an important step for the Navy air force towards more capable land-based bombers such as the Mitsubishi G4M "Betty".
There is sometimes confusion between this aircraft and the Mitsubishi 3MT5 (also designated 'Mitsubishi G1M' and 'Navy Experimental 7-shi Carrier Attack Bomber'). The 3MT5 was a biplane and the 8-shi experimental Attack Bomber was a monoplane, two entirely different aircraft.
Data from Japanese Aircraft, 1910–1941[1]
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Fighters (A) |
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Torpedo bombers (B) |
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Shipboard reconnaissance (C) |
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Dive bombers (D) |
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Reconnaissance seaplanes (E) |
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Observation seaplanes (F) |
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Land-based bombers (G) |
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Flying Boats (H) |
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Land-based Fighters (J) |
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Trainers (K) |
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Transports (L) |
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Special-purpose (M)1 |
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Floatplane fighters (N) |
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Land-based bombers (P) |
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Patrol (Q) |
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Land-based reconnaissance (R) |
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Night fighters (S) |
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1 X as second letter is for experimental aircraft or imported technology demonstrators not intended for service, 2 Hyphenated trailing letter (-J, -K, -L, -N or -S) denotes design modified for secondary role, 3 Possibly incorrect designation, but used in many sources |