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Ohka

Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka ('Cherry Blossom'), a rocket-powered aircraft for suicide missions against Allied naval forces. Near the end of World War II, Vice Admiral Onishi Takijiro recommended that the Japanese navy form special groups of men and aircraft to attack the American warships gathering to conduct amphibious landings in the Philippines. The Japanese used the word Tokko-tai (Special Attack) to describe these units. To the Allies, they became known as the kamikaze. By war's end, some 5,000 pilots died making Tokko attacks.

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Kawasaki Ki-100

The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a successful fighter aircraft produced by fitting a radial engine into the airframe of the Ki-61 Hien, after American bombing destroyed the factory producing the inline engine used in the older fighter . The Ki-100 was seen by many of its pilots as the best Japanese fighter of the war. It had a much better rate of climb than the Ki-61-II and was much more manoeuvrable at high altitude. It entered service with conversion units in March 1945

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Mitsubishi Ki – 46 – III ‘Dinah’

The ‘Dinah’ was a most significant reconnaissance platform, being comparable to some of the better Allied machines such as P.R. versions of the DH98 Mosquito or Lockheed F4/F5 Lightning . The first prototype aircraft flew in November 1939 . The newer Ki-46-I reconnaissance version was introduced in July of 1941 , 34 examples of this type were completed before manufacture switched to definitive Ki-46-II . Although at first the Ki-46 proved almost immune from interception , it had become obvious to the Japanese High Command that the next generation of Allied fighters, including the F4U Corsair and the Spitfire IX would pose a threat to the Ki-46-II, due to their 400 mile per hour speed and climb performance. In July 1942 ,the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force instructed Mitsubishi to produce a further improved version, the Ki-46-III . This had more powerful, fuel-injected Mitsubishi Ha-112 engines, and a redesigned nose, with a fuel tank ahead of the pilot and a new canopy . The performance of the Ki-46-III, proved superior to that of the aircraft intended to replace it (the Tachikawa Ki-70), which as a result did not enter production .

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Merlin engine camshaft

Rolls-Royce Merlin 28 .Aircraft which were powered by the Merlin engine include the Lancaster, Spitfire, Halifax, Hurricane, Battle, Defiant, Whitley, Mosquito, Hornet, York, Lincoln and North American Mustang. The engine on display is one of the marks of Merlin fitted to bomber aircraft.

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