Yokosuka's B3Y1 Navy Type 32 carrier biplane first flew
in 1932. Some 200 B4Y1 attack aircraft followed, those
remaining in service Second World War known as "Jean" to
the Allies. The D4Y Suisei ("Judy" two-seat
MXY-7 Ohka
carrier dive-bomber
was in service by the Battle of Midway in 1942
and appeared also in D4Y2-S nightfighter and D4Y4 suicide
attack variants. The P1Y1 Ginga ("Frances") twin-engined
naval attack bomber/nightfighter entered
production in 1943 at Nakajima factories. Yokosuka
developed also the MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom)
kamikaze piloted missile-bomb, derisively dubbed Baka
("fool" in Japanese) by the U.S. Navy, and of which production
by various manufacturers totalled about 800.
