Post by lordroel on May 5, 2015 16:54:42 GMT
Jets over Japan: An alternate Word War II
A small what if timeline i once created and unfinished at this point about what would happen if the Germans and Japanese using several cargo submarines filled with everything needed to build Japanese jet aircraft arrived safely in Japan and they were able to deploy them in combat.
March 30th 1944
Japanese submarine RO-501 (ex-U-1224) departs Kiel, Germany with onboard two Messerschmitt Me 163 Komets, four complete HWK 509A engines and technical material.
April 16th 1944
Japanese submarine I-19 departs Lorient, German-occupied France with onboard technical material and eight HWK 509A engines.
June 28th 1944
Japanese submarine RO-501 arrives safely at Japanese-occupied Singapore.
July 14th 1944
Japanese submarine I-19 arrives safely at Japanese-occupied Singapore.
August 23rd 1944
German Type X submarine U-219 carrying two sets of Messerschmitt Me 163 components leaves Bordeaux, German-occupied France and heads towards Batavia in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies.
August 24th 1944
German Type IXD submarine U-195 departs Bordeaux, German-occupied France, carrying two Me-262 jet fighters, technical material and four passengers including Franz Ruf, an industrial machinery specialist who designs machines and appliances to manufacture aircraft components and two Luftwaffe pilots who have flown the Me-262 jet fighters.
August 25th 1944
German Type X submarine U-234 departs Kristiansand, German-occupied Norway for Japan carrying two Me-262 jet fighters, six Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines, diplomatic mail, technical material which include drawings of the Me-262 and other technology. Also onboard is August Bringewalde, Willi Messerschmitt's "right-hand man" who was in charge of Me-262 production and two Messerschmitt engineers.
September 7th 1944
At Hyakurigahara Navy Airfield the joint Imperial Japanese Army Air Service/Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service venture begin to re-assemble the two Messerschmitt Me 163 Komets that where shipped over from Germany.
September 18th 1944
Lieutenant-Commander Toyohiko Inuzuka takes the controls of a Messerschmitt Me 163 from Kisarazu Naval Airfield for its first test flight.
September 24th 1944
Second Messerschmitt Me 163 takes off from Kisarazu Naval Airfield for its first test flight.
December 5th 1944
German Type IX submarine U-864 departs Kiel carrying two Messerschmitt Me 163s, four complete HWK 509A engines and two Messerschmitt engineers.
December 8th 1944
Taking off from Hyakurigahara Naval Airfield, Lieutenant-Commander Toyohiko Inuzuka test flight the Naval J8M glider (J8M1 is the license-built copy of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet). In the air, Inuzuka finds the J8M glider performing the same as the Me 163 he test flew, indicating that Mitsubishi and Yokosuka Arsenal have created an almost perfect copy of the Me 163 regarding its flight characteristics.
December 16th 1944
Mitsubishi is given the contract to build four Naval J8MG and four Army Ki-200G interceptors using eight HWK 509A engines which came over from Germany.
December 28th 1944
German Type IXD submarine U-219 arrives at Batavia in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies where here cargo is unloaded by the Japanese.
December 29th 1944
German Type IXD submarine U-195 arrives at Batavia in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies where here cargo is unloaded by the Japanese.
December 30th 1944
German Type X submarine U-234 arrives safely at Jakarta in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies where here cargo is unloaded by the Japanese.
January 8th 1945
One of the two Naval J8M1 prototypes is towed aloft, water ballast added in place of the fuel tank and rocket engine to test its aerodynamics.
January 19th 1945
Messerschmitt August Bringewalde joins Nakajima designers Kazuo Ohno and Kenichi Matsumura in their work on the Japanese version of the Me-262.
January 20th 1945
At Kisarazu Naval Airfield the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service with the assistance of the two Messerschmitt engineers begin to re-assembled the four Me-262 jet fighters (designated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service as the Ki-262) for their test-flights.
January 24th 1945
The first and second Naval J8MG arrive at Hyakurigahara Navy Airfield where they are going to be used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for test flights.
January 26th 1945
The third and fourth Mitsubishi Army Ki-200G arrive at Tama Army Airfield where they are to be used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service for testing.
January 27th 1945
The first flight of a re-assembled Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighter happens at Kisarazu Naval Airfield. The aircraft performs well during its 20-minute test flight.
Sixty-two Boeing B-29 bombers based in the Mariana Islands struck Tokyo, Japan. Japanese fighters shot down five bombers, 4 others received damage and had to ditch or crash land.
January 28th 1945
A mock-up of the Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) is inspected by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Officials.
January 29th 1945
Second re-assembled Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighter takes to the skies from Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
January 30th 1945
Third re-assembled Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighter takes to the skies from Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
January 31st 1945
Fourth and last re-assembled Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighter take to the skies from Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
February 4th 1945
Work begins on the first two Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototypes at Nakajima's Mitaka plant. The two prototypes will use each two Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines that were shipped over from Germany. Later versions of the Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) jet fighter will be powered by the Ne-30 turbojet engine which is the reverse-engineered Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engine.
Seventy Boeing B-29 bombers Superfortress bombers dropped 160 tons of incendiaries on the Japanese city of Kobe. Most of its building were made of wood and they blazed instantly.
February 7th 1945
The first Naval J8M1 prototype which uses a Ro.2 engine is made ready for its first powered flight.
February 20th 1945
After two flights with the Naval J8M prototype in which the prototype was towed into the air with the engine running. It takes off under its own power for the first time.
March 15th 1945
German Type IX submarine U-864 arrives safely at Jakarta in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies where here cargo is unloaded by the Japanese.
March 19th 1945
A MXY7 Ohka Model 11B (catapult/rocket assisted version fitted with folding wings so that it can be easy hidden) rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamikaze attack plane is launch from a hidden spot near Kobe Harbor and manages to surprise a United States Navy carrier group consisting of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin who was taking part in strikes against shipping in Kobe Harbor. The Ohka manages to hit the USS Franklin with its 1,200 kilogram warhead, the result of the impact causes major explosions across the ship which result in the carrier sinking taking more than 1,478 of her 2,600 crew with here.
April 1st 1945
Five Mitsubishi G4M2e "Betty" Model 24J bombers carrying each a Ohka Model 11A rockets attack the United states Navy fleet off Okinawa. Three Ohka manage to conduct a successful attack, whit one of them managing to hit the Colorado-class battleship West Virginia, causing severe damage.
April 8th 1945
The Ne-30 turbojet engine which will be used by the Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) single-seat interceptors is tested for the first time.
April15th 1945
Mitsubishi, Fuji Hikoki, and Nissan Jidosha begin mass production of the training version (Ku-13/ MXY-8) and the operational version (J8M1/Ki-200).
April 21st 1945
Nakajima Aircraft Company begins construction of twenty-five Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) single-seat interceptors and eight two-seat trainer versions for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.
April 27th 1945
Third and fourth Messerschmitt Me 163s are re-assembled at Hyakurigahara Navy Airfield and will be used together with the first and second Me 163s in gathering data in order to improve the J8M1/Ki-200.
April 30th 1945
The first Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototype commences ground tests at Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
May 7th 1945
The first Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototype first flight happens.
May 8th 1945
From Kisarazu Naval Airfield a Yokosuka R2Y2 prototype using a piston engine is test flown.
May 13th 1945
A United States air raid destroys the Yokosuka R2Y Keiun ("Beautiful Cloud) prototype on the ground.
May 14th 1945
Second Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototype commences ground tests at Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
May 17th 1945
The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service 312th Naval Air Group is selected to be the first operator of the J8M1.
May 19th 1945
The second Nakajima J8M1/Ki-200 prototype first flight happens from Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
The third Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototype and first two-seat trainer commences ground tests at Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
May 20th 1945
Work on the Yokosuka R2Y Keiun ("Beautiful Cloud) is halted after the destruction of the Yokosuka R2Y2 prototype on May 13th.
May 30th 1945
Sixth and seventh J8M1/Ki-200 prototypes are delivered for testing at Hyakurigahara Navy Airfield.
July 1st 1945
The three remaining Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighters are transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service 724th Naval Air Group operating from Misawa Air Field who also is slated to operate the first batch of twenty-five Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) single-seat interceptors and eight two-seat trainer versions who are now being built by Nakajima Aircraft Company.
A small what if timeline i once created and unfinished at this point about what would happen if the Germans and Japanese using several cargo submarines filled with everything needed to build Japanese jet aircraft arrived safely in Japan and they were able to deploy them in combat.
March 30th 1944
Japanese submarine RO-501 (ex-U-1224) departs Kiel, Germany with onboard two Messerschmitt Me 163 Komets, four complete HWK 509A engines and technical material.
April 16th 1944
Japanese submarine I-19 departs Lorient, German-occupied France with onboard technical material and eight HWK 509A engines.
June 28th 1944
Japanese submarine RO-501 arrives safely at Japanese-occupied Singapore.
July 14th 1944
Japanese submarine I-19 arrives safely at Japanese-occupied Singapore.
August 23rd 1944
German Type X submarine U-219 carrying two sets of Messerschmitt Me 163 components leaves Bordeaux, German-occupied France and heads towards Batavia in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies.
August 24th 1944
German Type IXD submarine U-195 departs Bordeaux, German-occupied France, carrying two Me-262 jet fighters, technical material and four passengers including Franz Ruf, an industrial machinery specialist who designs machines and appliances to manufacture aircraft components and two Luftwaffe pilots who have flown the Me-262 jet fighters.
August 25th 1944
German Type X submarine U-234 departs Kristiansand, German-occupied Norway for Japan carrying two Me-262 jet fighters, six Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines, diplomatic mail, technical material which include drawings of the Me-262 and other technology. Also onboard is August Bringewalde, Willi Messerschmitt's "right-hand man" who was in charge of Me-262 production and two Messerschmitt engineers.
September 7th 1944
At Hyakurigahara Navy Airfield the joint Imperial Japanese Army Air Service/Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service venture begin to re-assemble the two Messerschmitt Me 163 Komets that where shipped over from Germany.
September 18th 1944
Lieutenant-Commander Toyohiko Inuzuka takes the controls of a Messerschmitt Me 163 from Kisarazu Naval Airfield for its first test flight.
September 24th 1944
Second Messerschmitt Me 163 takes off from Kisarazu Naval Airfield for its first test flight.
December 5th 1944
German Type IX submarine U-864 departs Kiel carrying two Messerschmitt Me 163s, four complete HWK 509A engines and two Messerschmitt engineers.
December 8th 1944
Taking off from Hyakurigahara Naval Airfield, Lieutenant-Commander Toyohiko Inuzuka test flight the Naval J8M glider (J8M1 is the license-built copy of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet). In the air, Inuzuka finds the J8M glider performing the same as the Me 163 he test flew, indicating that Mitsubishi and Yokosuka Arsenal have created an almost perfect copy of the Me 163 regarding its flight characteristics.
December 16th 1944
Mitsubishi is given the contract to build four Naval J8MG and four Army Ki-200G interceptors using eight HWK 509A engines which came over from Germany.
December 28th 1944
German Type IXD submarine U-219 arrives at Batavia in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies where here cargo is unloaded by the Japanese.
December 29th 1944
German Type IXD submarine U-195 arrives at Batavia in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies where here cargo is unloaded by the Japanese.
December 30th 1944
German Type X submarine U-234 arrives safely at Jakarta in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies where here cargo is unloaded by the Japanese.
January 8th 1945
One of the two Naval J8M1 prototypes is towed aloft, water ballast added in place of the fuel tank and rocket engine to test its aerodynamics.
January 19th 1945
Messerschmitt August Bringewalde joins Nakajima designers Kazuo Ohno and Kenichi Matsumura in their work on the Japanese version of the Me-262.
January 20th 1945
At Kisarazu Naval Airfield the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service with the assistance of the two Messerschmitt engineers begin to re-assembled the four Me-262 jet fighters (designated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service as the Ki-262) for their test-flights.
January 24th 1945
The first and second Naval J8MG arrive at Hyakurigahara Navy Airfield where they are going to be used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for test flights.
January 26th 1945
The third and fourth Mitsubishi Army Ki-200G arrive at Tama Army Airfield where they are to be used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service for testing.
January 27th 1945
The first flight of a re-assembled Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighter happens at Kisarazu Naval Airfield. The aircraft performs well during its 20-minute test flight.
Sixty-two Boeing B-29 bombers based in the Mariana Islands struck Tokyo, Japan. Japanese fighters shot down five bombers, 4 others received damage and had to ditch or crash land.
January 28th 1945
A mock-up of the Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) is inspected by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Officials.
January 29th 1945
Second re-assembled Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighter takes to the skies from Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
January 30th 1945
Third re-assembled Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighter takes to the skies from Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
January 31st 1945
Fourth and last re-assembled Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighter take to the skies from Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
February 4th 1945
Work begins on the first two Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototypes at Nakajima's Mitaka plant. The two prototypes will use each two Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines that were shipped over from Germany. Later versions of the Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) jet fighter will be powered by the Ne-30 turbojet engine which is the reverse-engineered Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engine.
Seventy Boeing B-29 bombers Superfortress bombers dropped 160 tons of incendiaries on the Japanese city of Kobe. Most of its building were made of wood and they blazed instantly.
February 7th 1945
The first Naval J8M1 prototype which uses a Ro.2 engine is made ready for its first powered flight.
February 20th 1945
After two flights with the Naval J8M prototype in which the prototype was towed into the air with the engine running. It takes off under its own power for the first time.
March 15th 1945
German Type IX submarine U-864 arrives safely at Jakarta in Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies where here cargo is unloaded by the Japanese.
March 19th 1945
A MXY7 Ohka Model 11B (catapult/rocket assisted version fitted with folding wings so that it can be easy hidden) rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamikaze attack plane is launch from a hidden spot near Kobe Harbor and manages to surprise a United States Navy carrier group consisting of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin who was taking part in strikes against shipping in Kobe Harbor. The Ohka manages to hit the USS Franklin with its 1,200 kilogram warhead, the result of the impact causes major explosions across the ship which result in the carrier sinking taking more than 1,478 of her 2,600 crew with here.
April 1st 1945
Five Mitsubishi G4M2e "Betty" Model 24J bombers carrying each a Ohka Model 11A rockets attack the United states Navy fleet off Okinawa. Three Ohka manage to conduct a successful attack, whit one of them managing to hit the Colorado-class battleship West Virginia, causing severe damage.
April 8th 1945
The Ne-30 turbojet engine which will be used by the Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) single-seat interceptors is tested for the first time.
April15th 1945
Mitsubishi, Fuji Hikoki, and Nissan Jidosha begin mass production of the training version (Ku-13/ MXY-8) and the operational version (J8M1/Ki-200).
April 21st 1945
Nakajima Aircraft Company begins construction of twenty-five Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) single-seat interceptors and eight two-seat trainer versions for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.
April 27th 1945
Third and fourth Messerschmitt Me 163s are re-assembled at Hyakurigahara Navy Airfield and will be used together with the first and second Me 163s in gathering data in order to improve the J8M1/Ki-200.
April 30th 1945
The first Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototype commences ground tests at Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
May 7th 1945
The first Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototype first flight happens.
May 8th 1945
From Kisarazu Naval Airfield a Yokosuka R2Y2 prototype using a piston engine is test flown.
May 13th 1945
A United States air raid destroys the Yokosuka R2Y Keiun ("Beautiful Cloud) prototype on the ground.
May 14th 1945
Second Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototype commences ground tests at Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
May 17th 1945
The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service 312th Naval Air Group is selected to be the first operator of the J8M1.
May 19th 1945
The second Nakajima J8M1/Ki-200 prototype first flight happens from Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
The third Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) prototype and first two-seat trainer commences ground tests at Kisarazu Naval Airfield.
May 20th 1945
Work on the Yokosuka R2Y Keiun ("Beautiful Cloud) is halted after the destruction of the Yokosuka R2Y2 prototype on May 13th.
May 30th 1945
Sixth and seventh J8M1/Ki-200 prototypes are delivered for testing at Hyakurigahara Navy Airfield.
July 1st 1945
The three remaining Ki-262 (Me-262) jet fighters are transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service 724th Naval Air Group operating from Misawa Air Field who also is slated to operate the first batch of twenty-five Nakajima Kikka (J9Y) single-seat interceptors and eight two-seat trainer versions who are now being built by Nakajima Aircraft Company.