Kawasaki Ki-102

The Kawasaki Ki-102, also called the Type 4 Attack Plane and given the Allied reporting name Randy, was a twin-engine, two-seat, long-range heavy fighter developed to replace the Kawasaki Ki-45. Three versions were planned, a day fighter, a ground-attack aircraft and a night fighter. The type entered service in 1944 but saw limited action. The main ground-attack version, the Ki-102 B, was kept in reserve to defend Japan and flew only a little in the Okinawa campaign, partly because it was hoped it would carry the Ki-148 air-to-surface guided missile if the Allies invaded. Production was small, with three prototypes, 26 of the day fighter, 207 of the ground-attack version and two night fighters, and a pressurised high-altitude derivative, the Ki-108, was tried on two converted aircraft.