The Actual Suicide Plane

Yokosuka MXY-7 Ōhka

WW2 American representation of Yokosuka MXY-7

By the second part of Wolrd War 2, the pacific war was at full wage between the United States and Japan. Even with the strong imperial fleet that was presented by the Japanese army, the Americans had naval superiority as the pacific was just too wast for the Japanse to cover it all. Many of the allied battleships were very well armed for aircraft attacks and even bombing. The American battleships had an impressive anti-aircraft armament which would shatter most Japanese attacks.

Near the end of 1944, the Japanese have created the special aviation squad by the name of “ Tokubetsu Kōgekitai” which translated to special attack unit. This unit intended to be a trained suicide squad that would commit Kamikaze attacks. This meant the pilots launching themselves with the plane into a naval ship. For more information on Kamikaze attacks do have a read of this article.

The Japanese Suicide Attacks of World War 2

The Japs realized that they need an aircraft build specifically in mind for such attacks. The main problem that Kamikaze attackers had was lack of speed, Mitsubishi Zero A6M5 was a bit too slow and…