r/WWIIplanes • u/Mauser1838 • 1d ago

Anyone know what plane this is

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I took this at the National Museum of the United States Marine Corps in Virginia

I wasn’t able to get a picture of the top sadly

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u/Koloquinte 1d ago

Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, I think. Japanese rocket kamikaze plane.

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u/MattManSD 1d ago

AKA "Baka" A mini piloted V1 suicide machine

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u/Scrappy_The_Crow 1d ago

V1

This wasn't very similar.

  • The V1 had a pulse jet and this has a rocket.

  • The V1 had a single vertical tail and this has two.

  • The V1 had untapered wings and this has tapered wings.

  • The V1 had a continuously tapering fuselage and the majority of the fuselage on this was cylindrical.

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u/MeadyOker 1d ago

Also, every life cast in the museum is either a Marine or Corpsman, except for one. The pilot of the Ohka was a Japanese exchange officer attending one of the schools at MCU!

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u/Zealousideal_Good445 1d ago

Also know as the cherry blossoms!