Mitsubishi Ki-15
| Ki-15 Karigane | |
|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Ki-15-I (Army Type 97 Command Reconnaissance aircraft) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Military reconnaissance aircraft, light bomber |
| Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Primary users | Imperial Japanese Army Air Force |
| Number built | approx. 500 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | May 1937 |
| First flight | May 1936 |
| Retired | 1945 (Japan) 1951 (China) |
The Mitsubishi Ki-15 (雁, Karigane, English: Wild Goose) Army Type 97 Command Reconnaissance aircraft (九七式司令部偵察機, Kyunana-shiki sireibu teisatsuki) was a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft and a light attack bomber of the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War. It began as a fast civilian mail-plane. It was a single-engine, low-wing, cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage; it carried a crew of two. It served with both the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy (as the C5M). During World War II it was code-named "Babs" by the Allies.