| US Navy Museum - Aircraft / 01 Ohka Suicide Bomb
Bill Maloney 2/22/2008 |
01 Ohka Suicide Bomb
Length: 19feet, 10 inches
Wingspan: 16 feet, 9 inches
Height: 3 feet 9 inches
Crew: 1
Weight: 4,718lbs
Max Speed: 576mph teminal dive speed
Glide Speed: 229mph
Range: 55 miles
Service Ceiling: Dependant on the mother ship
Fuel Capacity: N/A
Powerplant: Three Type 4 Mk. 3 solid propellant rocket motors with 1,464lbs total thrust
Armament:
2,646lb warhead
First Flight : 1944
This particular Ohka is a training glider version. It lacks the 3 rocket engines (although it may have a single rocket in the tail) and has a landing skid and small tail wheel. Interestingly it also has flaps which I doubt were needed on the actual combat version. The allied code word for the Ohka (or Cherry Blossom in Japanese) was Baka, which translates to "Fool".
Another Japanese Ohka Suicide Bomb can be found in the WWII Air Power Gallery of the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH. This Ohka is another training version.