what is it?
The Kawasaki Ki-32 (九八式軽爆撃機, Kyuhachi-shiki keibakugekiki; lit. ''Type 98 light bomber'') was a Japanese light bomber aircraft of World War II. It was a single-engine, two-seat, mid-wing, cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. An internal bomb bay accommodated a 300 kg (660 lb) offensive load, supplemented by 150 kg (330 lb) of bombs on external racks. During the war, it was known by the Allies by the name Mary.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · fixed tailwheel (taildragger)
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 89 years ago, in 1937.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1937-03
- introduced
- 1938
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 854
- role
- light bomber
- origin
- Empire of Japan
- makers
- Kawasaki Aerospace Systems Company
- engines
- 1× piston
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
- wings
- low wing
- landing gear
- fixed conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q699114, Wikipedia: Kawasaki Ki-32 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.