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Where would this one be in the line up had it seen action?

Pusher Prop Kyushu J7W1 Shinden
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/kyushu-j7w1-shinden-canard-prototype-4615.html






http://members.aol.com/pelzig/shinden.html

Had the Shinden made it into service, it had the potential to be a very potent fighting platform in the right hands. It had a very ample top speed which was more than enough to make it competitive with, if not faster than, its rivals. The armament was very powerful given it was designed to battle the heavily armed Boeing B-29 "Superfortresses" and the agility and dogfighting capacity of the Shinden certainly cannot be ignored or overlooked. The problem would have been in the availability of skilled pilots able to master this new aircraft for it was a radical departure from the typical Japanese aircraft design. Also, it was not to be expected that the Shinden would have seen service in 1945 given the development time and the time needed to finalize and remove problems borne out in the prototypes. By this time, the Allies might have fielded more potent aircraft to battle any new machines the Japanese managed to get into the air.

http://members.aol.com/pelzig/tables/shinden_table.html
Maximum speed 466mph at 28,545ft.