The first all-weather jet fighter aircraft of the USAF, the F-94 was deployed during the Korean War; during the conflict, Japan served as a rear base for American forces.
This aircraft attracted the attention of Japanese toy manufacturers, who produced these attractive lithographed tin toys.
Daito
JET FIGHTER
1950s, friction mechanism, rolls on the ground, 24.5 x 23.5 cm
Masudaya
NAVY 726 B
Mid-1950s, friction mechanism, rolls on the ground, sparks fly, 28 x 28 cm
Mitsuhashi
STARFIRE LOCKHEED-94
Années 1950, mécanisme à friction, roule sur le sol, 19 x 17 cm
Taniguchi
KING JET
1950s, friction mechanism, rolls on the ground, 19.5 x 17 cm
Yonezawa
STARFIRE LOCKHEED F-94B
1951–1953, friction mechanism, rolls on the floor, sparks, 21.5 x 21 cm
STARFIRE
Early 1950s, friction mechanism, rolls on the floor, sparks, 32.5 x 32 cm