Ohka!

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nuuumannn

nuuumannn

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Hi Guys, Here are some detail images of a dismantled Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka.

Front bulkhead, note the writing.

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Markings in the original unrestored state on the forward fuselage.

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The cockpit minus instrument panel.

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The hori-stab and twin vertical tails.

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Vertical tail with prominent rudder horn balance.

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Exhaust ports.

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Cockpit canopy.

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Fuselage showing the opening for the one-piece wing box. Note the crude sighting system.

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The one-piece wing.

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Nose section.

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Thanks for looking.
 
ARTESH said:
About nose art, it's very simple and beautiful!

About writings, I hope Shinpachi Shinpachi be able to help!
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Letters on the 1st pic were not written by Japanese as they look too Japanese and not natural.
百二十四 means 124 but Japanese factory workers or military ground crew wrote it 一二四 or 124.
They did not write 101~18 but 101-18 either if it means anything.
 
Shinpachi said:
Letters on the 1st pic were not written by Japanese as they look too Japanese and not natural.
百二十四 means 124 but Japanese factory workers or military ground crew wrote it 一二四 or 124.
They did not write 101~18 but 101-18 either if it means anything.
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Interesting, Shin, thank you. This Ohka's history is not immediately known beyond it arriving in the UK and might have been captured at Seletar in Singapore. It is listed as having the serial number 15-1585, but where this comes from is not known. It was in the Science Museum at South Kensington for a while but was transferred to the FAA Museum at Yeovilton in 1982, where it is going to undergo a comprehensive restoration. The unrestored patches in the photo above have raised questions as to their meaning, which has caused the curators to request assistance from outside for accuracy in determining the markings and their purpose.
 
mjfur said:
There are four on display in England
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This one is the one at Yeovilton, but used to be at the Science Museum, which means it's probably on loan to the FAA Museum by the Science Museum, like the Concorde in the Aerospace Hall in the museum. The Manchester one belongs to the RAF Museum and is on loan, the RAF Museum's other one is at Cosford. The aviation section of the Manchester Science Museum has closed to the public and it looks like the loaned aircraft, which includes the Ohka, the Shackleton and the Avro 707 will probably go back to the RAF Museum if that's the case. The IWM one was at Duxford for a while in storage, but underwent restoration and I think is now back on display at Lambeth.
 
nuuumannn said:
Interesting, Shin, thank you. This Ohka's history is not immediately known beyond it arriving in the UK and might have been captured at Seletar in Singapore. It is listed as having the serial number 15-1585, but where this comes from is not known. It was in the Science Museum at South Kensington for a while but was transferred to the FAA Museum at Yeovilton in 1982, where it is going to undergo a comprehensive restoration. The unrestored patches in the photo above have raised questions as to their meaning, which has caused the curators to request assistance from outside for accuracy in determining the markings and their purpose.
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Very interesting story, Grant.

I think it can be read like this roughly

外板上面ヨリ照門
(照星)中心迄高サ
(一二四．五粍)

Height of gunsight center
from upper surface
(124.5mm)

The right bottom CG marking say
自重 (jiju) Self weight

Your pic.
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I have referred to this sample pic to compare and read.
It says -

外板上面ヨリ照門
(照星)中心迄高サ
(一五〇．〇粍)

Height of gunsight center
from upper surface
(150.0mm)

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herman1rg said:
Love the simplicity of the instrument panel, stripped to the essentials. Not sure whether the the Japanese characters are legible enough to be translated?

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Can be read like this -

① 高度計三型 Altimeter model 3

② 試製速力計 Experimental speed meter

③ 前后傾斜計二型 Pitch inclinometer model 2

④ ○○○○
神崎神社御守 Amulet of Kanzaki Shrine

⑤ ロケット切替器 Rocket ignition selector

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