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This Kamikaze weapon carried a 2,646 lb warhead and one pilot.The Ohka Baka Flying Bomb was first used operationally on March 21, 1945. Flown to within 55 miles of the target area under the wing of a twin engine Betty bomber. The Ohka was released and then glided at 229 mph. When 30 seconds away from the target the rockets were ignited quickly accelerating the flying to 576 miles per hour Diving into the target higher speeds were often reached. Of the 800 constructed only 50 saw action, resulting in only three ships sunk. It was the creation of an Imperial Japanese Navy officer, the MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) specialised suicide attack aircraft was conceived as the simplest possible platform for what was in effect a piloted bomb to be launched from a parent aircraft.
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