FUJIMI 1/72nd SCALE UNASSEMBLED PLASTIC MODEL KIT OF TACHIKAWA Ki-55 "IDA" WORLD WAR II JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY AIR FORCE TYPE 99 ADVANCED TRAINER

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The Tachikawa Ki-55 was a Japanese advanced trainer.

The excellent characteristics of the Tachikawa Ki-36 made it potentially ideal as a trainer. This led to the development of the Ki-36 with a single machine gun. After successful testing of a prototype in September 1939, the type was put into production as the Army Type 99 Advanced Trainer.

In all 1,389 Ki-55 were constructed before production ended in December 1943 with Tachikawa having built 1078 and Kawasaki 311.

Both the Ki-55 and the Ki-36 were given the Allied nickname 'Ida