The jap plane that looked like a bf109 was the Ki-61 Hein ("Tony"). It was mistakenly called a 109 at first (code name "Mike"). It was a pure fighter, and a IJ Army AF plane. As such, it wouldn't be flying maritime patrol (due to the pathological inter-service rivalry between the IJA and IJN).
Not worth the effort, IMO.
IMO, the concentration should be on what the purpose of planes are in game: to force subs under water in the daytime. It;s not more complicated than that. With the exception of things like the US fleet boat (Cavala?) escorting a stricken T class (RN) back to freemantle, subs pulled the plug when they saw planes. (The T-class could not submerge, and the US boat maintained AAA gunners on deck and told the RN sub that in the event of air attack they would remain on the surface and duke it out.)
Adding a bunch of extra planes that won't be seen (or shouldn't be) seems like it's unimportant to start with, anyway. The important missing IJN plane is actually the G3M Nell, probably.
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