Model Assembled and Photo by Thai Paper Works |
The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom), was a purpose-built, rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamikaze attack plane employed by Japan towards the end of World War II. United States sailors gave the aircraft the nickname Baka (Japanese for "fool" or "idiot"). The MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker Ohka was a manned flying bomb that was usually carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M2e "Betty" Model 24J bomber 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. - Wikipedia
K1 Ohka Trainer, in the National Museum of the US Air Force |
O avião de ataque Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Flor de Cerejeira), foi um avião-foguete guiado por um piloto-kamikase, empregado pelo Japão para atacar principalmente porta-aviões aliados no fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Marinheiros dos Estados Unidos deram ao avião o apelido de Baka ("bobo" ou "idiota" em japonês).
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