Talk:Kawanishi N1K
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The photo caption is wrong. Shows mid wing "Shiden" not low wing "Shiden-kai"
[edit] Four Hellcats single-handed
The line "in one encounter a N1K2-J shot down four Hellcats and forced another eight to retire" is incorrect. It refers to 16 February 1945. Four Hellcats from VF-82 were lost, but to a squadron of N1K2s, not a single plane. The Japanese press credited all four victories to WO Kaneyoshi Muto acting alone. See Henry Sakaida's Aces of the Rising Sun, pp. 184-185, ISBN 1841766186. ANA607 05:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
I have edited the page. The actual encounter was 10 Shiden Kai vs 12 F6F if anyone's interested. See Genda's Blade, ISBN 1903223253, p.149.ANA607 00:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
