WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
Videos
The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka is a purpose-built, rocket-powered human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft that was produced by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal and deployed by Japan toward the end of W
Ohka Model 11 replica at the Yasukuni Shrine Yūshūkan war museum.
Ohka Model 11 replica at the Yasukuni Shrine Yūshūkan war museum.
Labelled diagram of a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
Labelled diagram of a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
US personnel disarming the warhead of an Ohka, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, April 1945
US personnel disarming the warhead of an Ohka, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, April 1945
Thermojet powered Model 22; note the jet intake on the side just forward of the tail.
Thermojet powered Model 22; note the jet intake on the side just forward of the tail.
Kamikaze
Videos
Kamikaze, officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
…The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (櫻花, Ōka; "cherry blossom"; 桜花 in modern orthography) is a purpose-built, rocket-powered human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft that was produced by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal and deployed by Japan toward the end of World War II. Allied personnel…
Kamikaze was a reference to the two typhoons that sank or dispersed Kublai Khan's invading Mongol fleets.
Kamikaze was a reference to the two typhoons that sank or dispersed Kublai Khan's invading Mongol fleets.
Lt. Yoshinori Yamaguchi's Yokosuka D4Y3 (Type 33 Suisei) "Judy" in a suicide dive against USS Essex on 25 November 1944. The attack left 15 killed and
Lt. Yoshinori Yamaguchi's Yokosuka D4Y3 (Type 33 Suisei) "Judy" in a suicide dive against USS Essex on 25 November 1944. The attack left 15 killed and 44 wounded. The dive brakes are extended and the non-self-sealing port wing tank trails a mist of fuel, smoke and hydraulic fluid.
Navy Kamikaze pilot in the rank of a Lieutenant receives sortie orders. Over 90% of the Navy's Kamikaze pilots were between 18 and 24 years of age.
Navy Kamikaze pilot in the rank of a Lieutenant receives sortie orders. Over 90% of the Navy's Kamikaze pilots were between 18 and 24 years of age.
Model 52c Zeros ready to take part in a kamikaze attack (early 1945)
Model 52c Zeros ready to take part in a kamikaze attack (early 1945)