Keywords: Captured Ki-84 with Seafire Hellcat and Mustang 1945.jpg A mixed grill formation of a variety of aircraft led by a captured Japanese fighter aircraft Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Gale allied code name Frank of the Technical Air Intelligence Unit SWPA which had been discovered at an abandoned airfield in Luzon Philippines after the U S recapture of the island in January 1945; the first aircraft of this type was disovered on the island of Leyte This aircraft was operated by the Technical Air Intelligence Unit South West Pacific Area SWPA located at Clark Field Luzon Philippines from the end of January 1945 Other aircraft in the formation are a Royal Navy Seafire lower left a U S Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat and a USAAF North American P-51D Mustang The Nakajima Ki-84 models fitted with engines exceeding 1800 horsepower could surpass the top speeds of the P-47D Thunderbolt and the P-51D Mustang at 6 000 m AC0180 1945 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Supermarine Seafire Grumman F6F Hellcat P-51D Mustang Black and white photographs Aircraft captured by the United States |