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The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (剣, "sabre") [5] is a one-man kamikaze aircraft that was developed by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force during the closing stages of World War II in 1945. The Imperial Japanese Navy called this aircraft Tōka (藤花, " Wisteria Blossom").
The prototype Kokusai Ta-Go made its first flight on 25 June 1945. The testing showed some handling issues, but after revision, a set of blueprints were drawn up for production. Meanwhile, the Japanese Army had given its approval to Mizuyama's original, larger, Ta-Go design, and Tachikawa began work on another prototype of the larger design. [9]
The MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker Ohka was a manned flying bomb that was usually carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M2e Model 24J "Betty" 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, [4] and fly the missile towards the ship that he intended ...
The two young pilots who died in the training flight have been identified as Hiram deFries, 22, a Punahou School graduate from Papakolea, and Preston Kaluhiwa, 26, a Kamehameha Schools graduate.
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A plane on its way to Columbia crashed 6 miles from the Orangeburg Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.
Yokosuka P1Y "Frances" shot down next to USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) by 0945 on December 15, 1944. [4]The first flight was in August 1943. Nakajima manufactured 1,002 examples, which were operated by five Kōkūtai (Air Groups), and acted as land-based medium and torpedo bombers from airfields in China, Taiwan, the Mariana Islands, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku, and Kyūshū.
NHK reported the plane was JAL Flight 516, which had taken off from New Chitose Airport in the northern Japanese region of Hokkaido at 4:15 p.m. local time (2:15 a.m. ET), according to FlightAware.