The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (櫻花, Ōka, "cherry blossom"; 桜花 in modern orthography) was a purpose-built, rocket-powered human-guided kamikaze attack-aircraft...
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Mitsubishi G4M (redirect from Yokosuka Navy Type 1 Attack Bomber Ground Decoy)
Island. The aircraft later served as the mothership that carried the Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a purpose-built anti-ship suicide weapon during the final years...
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The First Naval Air Technical Bureau (Kugisho) in Yokosuka refined Ohta's idea. Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka rocket-powered aircraft, launched from bombers, were...
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only other operational rocket-powered aircraft was the Japanese Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka which was a manned flying bomb. The world's first manned rocket flights...
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bomb. Imanishi's Sonic Boom Squadron explores the last hours of a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka pilot on August 6, 1945. Takahashi's Knight of the Iron Dragon tells...
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as an important driver to Japanese war policies after 1943. The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (櫻花, "cherry blossom") was a purpose-built kamikaze aircraft employed...
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was never produced. Many sources apply the designation MXY8 to the Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka kamikaze weapon. Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War General...
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Shinryu ever saw combat. The Japanese also produced approximately 850 Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka rocket-powered suicide attack aircraft during the Second World War...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Related lists List of aircraft of Japan during World War II List...
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Blimp Columbia (N4A), class GZ-20, and Gondola of Goodyear Pilgrim A Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka kamikaze aircraft A Pegasus XL air-launched rocket. Foam 331, an...
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slang for the Imperial Japanese Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka kamikaze flying bomb. The earliest recorded usage was in Newsweek on May 7, 1945, "American forces have...
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floor contains a Yokosuka D4Y bomber and Type 97 Chi-Ha recovered from Yap Island, along with a Kaiten-type torpedo and replicas of an Ohka Model 11 aircraft...
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The Yokosuka MXY9 Shuka (秋花, "Autumn flower") was a projected development of the MXY8 training glider, adding a small motorjet engine, the Tsu-11. It was...
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led the performance-related design of the kamikaze attack aircraft Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka during World War II. Washizu was born in Aichi Prefecture on March...
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with two specific Second World War weapons, the German V-1 and the Japanese Ohka. The former was unpiloted, as the first known cruise missile ever deployed...
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the first US warship to be damaged or sunk by the rocket powered Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka suicide flying bomb. Mannert Lincoln Abele was born on 11 July 1903...
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instead of less stable burster schimose. It was also used in the Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a kamikaze antishipping human-guided rocket aircraft. Trinitroaniline...
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of Nicaragua Baka (Japanese word), meaning "fool; idiot; foolish" Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, or Baka, Japanese suicide planes BAKA, the Muslim chaplain service...
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Ōka (disambiguation) (redirect from Ohka (disambiguation))
Ōka, Ohka, Ouka (おうか) or Ooka (おおか) may refer to: Ōka (桜花(おうか)), blossom of cherry tree Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (桜花(おうか), Ōka), a Japanese kamikaze aircraft...
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melee. Suddenly, out of the maelstrom of planes, a rocket-powered Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka piloted flying bomb plunged toward her at a speed in excess of 500 knots...
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Trainer Ida 1939 1389 IJA Yokosuka K5Y1 Willow 1933 5770 IJN Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Model 43 K-1 Kai n/a 1944 45 IJN Yokosuka MXY-8 Akigusa n/a 1945 50-60...
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with a side room containing a Kamikaze exhibit, which contains a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka II (BAPC 58), models of Japanese aircraft and final letters from...
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Kawanishi Baika (IJN) Leonidas Squadron, KG 200's "suicide unit". Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, the Japanese suicide rocket aircraft. Bishop 2002, p. 320. Renneberg...
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exception of the anti-ship air-launched, rocket-powered, human-piloted Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, "Kamikaze" flying bomb did not see combat in World War II. Prior...
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Okha, Russia, a town in Russia Okha Airport Oka (disambiguation) Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a Japanese attack plane This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Flyer – replica Yakovlev Yak-18A Yakovlev Yak-3U - replica Yokosuka D4Y3 Suisei Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka The museum holds a monthly mini-airshow around a certain...
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World War II Ruhrstahl X-4 - Max Kramer's air-to-air guided missile Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Project Pigeon LBD-1 Gargoyle GB-1 GB-4 GT-1 (missile) http://www...
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role, configuration, and era Mitsubishi A6M7 Nakajima Ki-43-IIIa Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Related lists List of aircraft of Japan during World War II List...
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191614 Mitsubishi Ki-46 ‘Dinah’ n/a Moved from RAF Museum Cosford North American P-51D Mustang 413317 Code: VF:B 'Donald Duck' Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka n/a...
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Valiant Waco 10 GXE Waco CG-4A Hadrian Waco UEC Wright Flyer (replica) Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka 11 Planes of Fame Air Museum, another air museum located at Chino...
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