Japanese Forces

Kamikaze rocket airplane

Ohka manned flying bomb preserved at the RAF Museum, Cosford. These were rocket-powered aircraft with a large bomb incorporated in the nose section. Range was short, so that the manned bomb had to be carried close to their targets slung beneath two-engined bombers. The Ohka then separated from its "porter", leaving the suicide pilot to guide his craft on the one-way trip to the target. This example was captured on Okinawa, April 1945.