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Bomb-carrying Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (65th Squadron)
No.224 爆装一式戦 隼III型改(65戦隊)
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 Land-based Attack AircraftEffects:
 +3  +8  +6  +3  +2  +1Combat Radius: 5 (Deployment Cost:
 4)Scrap value:
 1  3 5 (Unbuildable) | |
| Refittable Class | |
| Coastal Defense Ship | Destroyer |
| Light Cruiser | Torpedo Cruiser |
| Heavy Cruiser | Training Cruiser |
| Aviation Cruiser | Fast Battleship |
| Battleship | Aviation Battleship |
| Light Carrier | Standard Aircraft Carrier |
| Armored Carrier | Seaplane Tender |
| Submarine | Aircraft Carrying Submarine |
| Submarine Tender | Fleet Oiler |
| Repair Ship | Amphibious Assault Ship |
Introduction
陸軍主力戦闘機、一式戦「隼」、その爆装機を装備する飛行戦隊です。
電波欺瞞紙、現代でいうチャフを装備した爆装一式戦などを駆使して、苦しい戦局の中、通常戦闘で奮戦しました。
The flight squadron equipped with the Army's main fighter aircraft, the Type 1 Fighter "Hayabusa", equipped with bombs.
Deftly using radio wave deception paper, called chaff in modern times, these bomb-equipped Type 1 fighters regularly fought fiercely amidst the painful state of war.
Notes
Unbuildable
Category Ships with Bomb-carrying Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (65th Squadron) as stock equipment not found
Category Equipment that consume Bomb-carrying Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (65th Squadron) during improvement not found
- Spring 2017 Event E-4 Hard reward.
- Renamed from Bomb-carrying Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (55th Squadron) in the Phase 2 (HTML5) update.
Trivia
- The 65th Squadron (Tsūshōgō or Unit Code: 靖9104) was originally a light bombing unit formed in Hoeryong in 1943 from the split of the 9th squadron.
- A year after the Nomonhan Incidents, the 65th Squadron was sent to Manchuria to fight in the chinese front.
- During this time the piloted the Type 99 twin-engine light bomber.
- By 1945, they were sent to the Philippines, but suffered heavy losses and were forced to retreat.
- Due to delays in the development of the Ki-102, the unit adopted the Hayabusa as their weapon of preference, but this raised their morale due to being the "only" Hayabusa bomber unit; thanks to it being a single-seater pilots felt more at ease, even in a worst case scenario.
- Maintenance engineers of the 65th squadron managed to develop a chaff deployment device to aid the pilots against radar-guided anti-aircraft fire. They also repaired large drop tanks and added lights to help pilots during their night flights.
- Despite not being a Special Attack Squadron, the leader of the unit was supposed to be an instructor in that area.