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The origins of the D4Y can be traced back to 1938, when the Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau (Kaigun Kōkū Hombu) issued requirements for a carrier-based dive bomber to replace the Aichi D3A. The emerging aircraft would be a [...]
The Yokosuka Ohka ("cherry blossom") was developed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal for the japanese navy in 1944 and put into service in 1945.
The Ohka was a rocket-propelled glide bomb designed for kamikaze [...]
I thought that I would do a quick 1 week build of a plane which impressed me the first time I read up on it – the D4Y Judy.
This Fujimi Kit C-16 is labelled as a D4Y1-C which, according to Google/Wiki, was the first D4Y variant to see [...]