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[Greyshaft]

In 1940 Japan agreed to sell their Mitsubishi A6M Zero to a European country but couldn't arrange transport of the aircraft. This country then designed their own fighter constructed with a steel tubing frame covered by birch panels and powered by an locally manufactured unlicenced copy of a Pratt and Whitney 1,085 engine. The aircraft was never used in combat.

Which country and which aircraft?

[amwild]

ORIGINAL: Greyshaft

In 1940 Japan agreed to sell their Mitsubishi A6M Zero to a European country but couldn't arrange transport of the aircraft. This country then designed their own fighter constructed with a steel tubing frame covered by birch panels and powered by an locally manufactured unlicenced copy of a Pratt and Whitney 1,085 engine. The aircraft was never used in combat.

Which country and which aircraft?

Would this be the Swedish J22?

[Greyshaft]

It would.

Nice picture.

In 1940 the only countries willing to sell modern fighters to Sweden were Russia who offered the unsuitable Polikarpov I-16 and Japan who could provide the Mitsubishi A6M Zero but could not arrange transport of the aircraft to Sweden. In response to this situation SAAB designed their J22 FFVS as a homegrown fighter built on a shoestring from parts manufactured in small factories all across Sweden. Construction was a steel tubing frame covered by birch panels and armament was four 13.2mm cannon. It was powered by an locally manufactured unlicenced copy of a Pratt and Whitney 1,085 engine and could reach 575kph. This fighter was never tested in combat.