Name that Plane

[longknife]

Anyone?

Should be NAME!!!!

 

[hortysir]

Split tail, red sun on its side.....Japanese

Number 11......prototype



That's all I got

 

[Mushroom]

I agree, it is probably some kind of Prototype.

It looks a bit like a Ki 67 "Peggy", but there are large differences.

In fact, the protruding bubble cockpit and lack of observation in the nose, or any sponsons on the sides makes this unlike any Japanese aircraft I am familiar with in WWII.

It even resembles the P1Y1 "Frances", which is what I might guess except that once again the Francis had an observation and gun position in the nose, and it is to elongated.

I also can't identify it as anything British, Italian, German, or US. The cockpit and nose combination is completely unique to anything I have seen of the period.

 

[Mushroom]

OK, think I got it figured out.

I was searching for fighters and bombers, and then got to thinking of the lines, and thought I would check out some reconnaissance aircraft, and hit paydirt.

The Ki-74 "Patsy", a long range reconnaissance bomber. 16 made, never saw active service. If it entered service, it would have had 1 12mm machine gun and a 2,000 pound bomb load.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Title fixed.