Warplanes of Japan: Kyushu Q1W1
Kyushu Q1W1
(SDA&SM Photo)
Kyushu Q1W1 patrol bomber, codenamed Lorna. IJAAF.
The Kyūshū Q1W Tōkai (東海 "Eastern Sea") was a land-based anti-submarine patrolbomber aircraft developed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. TheAllied reporting name was Lorna. Although similar in appearance to the GermanJunkers Ju 88 medium bomber, the Q1W was a much smaller aircraft withsignificantly different design details.
The Imperial Japanese Navy ordered development of the Kyūshū Q1W as the NavyExperimental 17-Shi Patrol Plane in September 1942, and the first test flighttook place in September 1943. It entered service in January 1945. The Q1Wcarried two low-power engines, allowing for long periods of low-speed flight.
In same period Kyūshū built the K11W1 Shiragiku, a bomber training plane (alsoused in Kamikaze strikes) and the Q3W1 Nankai (South Sea), a specializedantisubmarine version of the K11W.[2] The latter was of all-wood constructionand was destroyed during a landing accident on its first flight.
Another specific anti-submarine airplane was the Mitsubishi Q2M1"Taiyō" (which was derived from Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū"Peggy" Torpedo-bomber), but this did not progress beyond thepreliminary design stage.
Variants
Q1W1 : one prototype.
Q1W1 Tokai Model 11: main production model.
Q1W2 Tokai Model 21: version with tail surfaces in wood, built in smallnumbers.
Q1W1-K Tokai-Ren (Eastern Sea-Trainer): trainer with capacity for four,all-wood construction. One prototype built. (Wikipedia)
(IJAAF Photos)
Kyushu Q1W1 patrol bomber, codenamed Lorna. IJAAF.
Kyushu Q1W1 patrol bomber, codenamed Lorna in USAAF markings. Four Kyushu Q1W1 were shipped to the USA for flight testing in 1945. Kyushu Q1W1, USAAF FE-4800 was scrapped at Park Ridge ca. 1950, FE-4805 was scrapped at Middletown, FE-4810 and FE-4811 were scrapped at Newark. (USAAF Photos)
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