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On Sun. 30 Jul 1944 The Japanese Navy ordered Mitsubishi to stop devel.....

1944-07-30

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The Japanese Navy ordered Mitsubishi to stop development of the A7M fighter design; Mitsubishi was able to secure permission to continue given that the company was to use existing engines rather than develop new ones.

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