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Kawanishi N1K-1 'Shiden' Ace - Kaneyoshi Muto

By: Warlord Games

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Blood Red Skies - Japan (1/200)

Last Stocked on 12/1/2024

Product Info

Title
Kawanishi N1K-1 'Shiden' Ace - Kaneyoshi Muto
Publisher
Publish Year
2019
Dimensions
3x4.5x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147759031
MFG. Part #
WLG772212013
Type
Miniatures Box Set

Description

Kaneyoshi Muto earned his first air victory on 4 December 1937 during the Battle of Nanking when he shot down a Soviet-made Polikarpov I-16. He would go on to fight alongside Saburo Sakai on the island of Iwo Jima, surviving to be called by Sakai “the toughest fighter pilot in the Imperial Navy.”

In December 1944, Muto was posted to the Japanese Home Islands to join Captain Minoru Genda in his elite 343rd Kokutai. By June he was posted to the 343rd Air Group, 301st Squadron commanded by veteran ace Naoshi Kanno.

On 24 July 1945, over the Bungo Channel, Muto and other veteran pilots scrambled to attack a larger group of American fighters. Greatly outnumbered, Muto was shot down and never seen again.

Miniatures are supplied unpainted and some assembly may be required.

Contains:

  • 1x metal ACE Kawanishi N1K-2 ‘Shiden Kai’ aircraft
  • Generic IJNAF Decals Sheet
  • Aircraft Cards
  • Aircraft Trait cards
  • Pilot skill discs
  • Advantage Flying bases