Kawasaki Ki-48 Sokei | World War Photos

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Ki-48 “Lily” nose gun position Clark Field February 1945

Ki-48-II “Sokei” of the 16 Sentai Manchuria

Ki-48 Guadalcanal 1943

Ki-48 pilot

Close Up of Ki-48 rear gun position 1945

Wreck of Ki-48 2

Captured Ki-48

Wreck of Kawasaki Ki-48

Captured Ki-48 at Sobe Okinawa 1945

Ki-48 Wreck in Philippines 1945

Ki-48 nose gun position Clark Field February 1945 3

Wrecked Ki-48 on Okinawa 1945

Kawasaki Ki-48 in flight

Ki-48 “Lily” nose gun position Clark Field February 1945 2

Ki-48 “Lily” bombers of the 75th Sentai in flight 1943

Ki-48 “Lily” 1940

Ki-48-I bombers of Hokata Army Light Bomber Flying School 1940

Ki-48 crew

Ki-48 wreck at Yontan Airfield Okinawa 1945

Ki-48-I, Hokota Flying School 1940

Ki-48 New Guinea 1943

Captured Ki-48 Clark Field 1945

Captured Ki-48 at Clark Field 1945

Wreck of Ki-48 bomber

Ki-48 Wreck at Munda Field 1943 August 1943

Marine Dodge WC and Ki-48 “Lily” Okinawa in April 1945

Ki-48-IIb as test bed for Japanese jet engine 1943

Ki-48 Rear Gun Position 1945

Japanese Army Type 99 Twin-engined Light Bomber that was used during World War II.

Type: Twin-engined Light Bomber
Wings:
- Configuration: Mid-wing cantilever monoplane with straight taper on both leading and trailing edges and dihedral from the roots.
- Structure: Made of metal, featuring flaps between the fuselage and engine nacelles, as well as between the nacelles and ailerons. The ailerons are fabric-covered. Landing lights are positioned in the leading edge of both wings, and there is a small fillet on the trailing-edge roots.
Fuselage:
- Construction: A deep metal structure extending to the aft of the trailing-edge, with a slender rear section. The covering is made of metal. The bomb stowage is located in the center-section.
Tail Unit:
- Type: High cantilever tailplane with a metal covering, fabric-covered elevators, a single metal fin, and a fabric-covered rudder. Trim-tabs on the rudder and elevators are metal.
Landing Gear:
- Configuration: Retractable backwards into the engine nacelles, leaving part of each wheel exposed. The tail-wheel is semi-retractable.

Engines: Two Nakajima Type 2 (Ha 115) fourteen-cylinder radial air-cooled engines, each producing 1,150 hp.
Nacelles: Underslung nacelles extend to the trailing-edge, equipped with controllable cooling gills.
Propellers: Three-bladed metal airscrews.

Crew: Accommodates four or five crew members.
Positions: Transparent bomb-aiming and gun position in the nose, a covered cockpit just forward of the leading edge, and another covered position over the trailing edge.

Armament:
- One forward 7.7 mm machine gun
- Two 7.7 mm dorsal machine guns
- One 7.7 mm machine gun in the fuselage step aft of the wing
Bomb Load: Internally-stowed bomb load of 1,500 lbs (680 kg). All armament is movable.