Warplanes of Japan: Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) Model 11, codenamed Baka purpose-built, rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamakaze attack plane.
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) Model 11, codenamed Baka purpose-built, rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamakaze attack plane. This one was on Okinawa being examined by American servicemen in 1945.
The Yokosuka MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker Ohka was a manned flying bomb that was usually carried underneath a Mistsubish G4Me Model 24J bomber, codenamed Betty to within range of its target; on release, the pilot would first glide towards the target and when close enough he would fire the Ohka's three solid-fuel rockets one at a time or in unison, and fly the missile towards the ship that he intended to destroy. The only variant which saw service was the Model 11, and it was powered by three Type 4 Mark 1 Model 20 rockets. 155 Ohka Model 11s were built at Yokosuka, and another 600 were built. The final approach was almost unstoppable because the aircraft gained high speed (650 km/h (400 mph) in level flight and 930 km/h (580 mph) or even 1,000 km/h (620 mph) in a dive.
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) Model 11, codenamed Baka purpose-built, rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamakaze attack plane. This one is on Okinawa being examined by American servicemen in 1945.
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) Model 11, codenamed Baka, I-18 was captured by US forces at Yontan Airfield on Okinawa on 1 April 1945 and was subsequently transported to the United States for public display during War Bond drives. It it is currently owned by the Planes of Fame Air Museum and on public display at the Museum's site in Chino, California.
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) Model 11, codenamed Baka, I-18 was captured by US forces at Yontan Airfield on Okinawa on 1 April 1945, on dsiplay in the Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino, California.
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The Yokosuka MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker Ohka was a manned flying bomb that w carried underneath a Mistsubish G4Me Model 24J bomber.
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Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka, I-16, Kawaguchiko Motor Museum, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan.
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 11, on display in the Yushukan War Museum within the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo., and another at Iruma AFB, Iruma, Saitama.
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 11, on display at Iruma AFB, Iruma, Saitama.
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka Model 11, on display in the Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, New Delhi, India. (Siamlawma Photo)
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 11 on display in the RAF Museum, Cosford, England. Ohka (Serial No. I-130, was captured on 1 April 1945 at Yontan, Okinawa, Japan.
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 11 is on display in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset.
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 11 on display in the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. (Hohum Photo)
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 11 is stored with the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire. (Alan Wilson Photo)
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 11 is on display in the Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum, Quantico, Virginia.
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 11 is (Serial No. I-10) captured at Okinawa in 1945 is now in the Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California.
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (rebuilt from a K-1 to look like a Model 11), preserved in the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio.
Yokosuka MXY7-K1 trainer, on display in the US Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. (PaulTTS Photo)
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Model 22 is is on display in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia.
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MXY7 K-1 Kai Two-seat trainer powered by a single Type 4 Mk I Model 20 rocket motor and fitted with flaps and landing skis; 2 built at Yokosuka. These are the two being inspected by Navy personnel. Note the landing skid.
