Kyūshū Q1W Tōkai
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The Kyūshū Q1W Template:Nihongo was a land-based, anti-submarine patrol bomber aircraft developed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The Allied reporting name was "Lorna". Although similar in appearance to the German Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber, the Q1W was a much smaller aircraft with significantly different design details.
Design and development
The Imperial Japanese Navy ordered development of the Kyūshū Q1W as the Navy Experimental 17-Shi Patrol PlaneTemplate:Sfn in September 1942, and the first test flight took place in September 1943. It entered service in January 1945. The Q1W carried two, low-power engines, allowing for long periods of low-speed flight.
In same period, Kyūshū built the K11W1 Shiragiku, a bomber training plane (also used in Kamikaze strikes) and the Q3W1 Nankai, a specialized antisubmarine version of the K11W.Template:Sfn The latter was of all-wood construction and was destroyed during a landing accident on its first flight.
Another specific anti-submarine airplane was the Mitsubishi Q2M Tai'yō, which was derived from Mitsubishi Ki-67 "Hiryū" torpedo-bomber, but this did not progress beyond the preliminary design stage.
Variants
- Q1W1
- One prototype.
- Q1W1 Tōkai Model 11
- Main production model.
- Q1W2 Tōkai Model 21
- Version with tail surfaces in wood, built in small numbers.
- Q1W1-K Tōkai-ren
- Trainer with capacity for four, all-wood construction. One prototype built.
Specifications (Q1W1)
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