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Registration: 8486M

Construction Number: Unknown

Code Number: 1-13

Military Unit: Aerospace Museum Cosford

Model Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka

Operator: Royal Air Force

Airport: RAF Cosford (EGWC), UK - England

Photographer: Malcolm Clarke

Date Taken: 01/08/1991

Date Submitted: 13/05/2007

Ohka means 'cherry blossom' and was a rocket powered piloted aircraft to be carried and launched from a 'mother' aircraft, glide as far as possible before making a rocket powered approach to impact on it's target. This example was captured by US forces in 1945 at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa.

Picture ID:1054000

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