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Focke-Wulf, disappointed by the lack of interest from the Nazis, started negotiations with the Japanese Navy. They were eager to obtain the Fw 190T jet-version but wanted a torpedo-bomber variant. In 1943 Nakajima started with German engineers to built the Fw 190T-1B. Successfull tests were made on an airfield near Kobe and several takeoff and decklandings were made on the carrier Taiho, which was already launched in the waters near Kobe but still not commissioned. When the Fw 190T-1B went into production at the beginning of 1944 the purpose was to deliver the torpedo-bomber to the carrier-squadrons. But the staff of the IJNAF were reluctant to use the plane for operational action. Afraid the airplane was captured by their enemy, the US.
The first batch was send to groundforces, such as the 131st Kokutai, stationed at Kanoya AB and used for reconnaissance duties. CPO Yoshimitsu Naka and Radiomann - Lt.JG Hisao Kanazawa, formerly flying a Nakajima B6N2 were send at an reconnaissance mission to Okinawa with the Fw 190T-1B in March 1945. An invasion of the Island was at hand. Due to fuel-distribution problems they had to land at 1e Shima. Before the torpedo-bomber could be repaired, the commander of Okinawa ordered to destroy the airfield on Shima. So the plane was stuck on Shima and was captured by soldiers of the US army 77th infantry division.
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