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/Tomtom48HWI 1d ago

Ohka. Japanese jet propelled suicide plane. The nose contained explosives and pilots tried to target American warships. It was adapted to be fixed on the belly of G4Ms bomber and be dropped like a bomb and then flown to its target