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Aircraft · Japan · 1944-1945

Aichi B7A Ryusei

carrier dive/torpedo bomber

Designed to combine the roles of dive bomber and torpedo bomber in one large, powerful carrier aircraft, the Ryusei (Shooting Star) arrived just as Japan's carrier fleet was being annihilated, so almost all of the small production run flew from land bases instead. Allied pilots codenamed it Grace; few ever saw one in the air.

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crew2
top speed565 km/h
armament2x 20mm cannon, 1x torpedo or 800kg bombs
produced114

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Aichi B7A Ryusei Grace
Aichi B7A Ryusei GraceUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source
Aichi B7A Ryusei captured by the US and test flown in 1946 by the US air intelligence unit ATAIU-SEA. Note the US national insignias (US Star instead of Japanese Hinomaru).
Aichi B7A Ryusei captured by the US and test flown in 1946 by the US air intelligence unit ATAIU-SEA. Note the US national insignias (US Star instead of Japanese Hinomaru).Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source
Aichi B7A Ryusei "Grace".
Aichi B7A Ryusei "Grace". · Public domain · source