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" Ohka 2 aircraft, which were used by the Japanese military towards the end of the war, were deployed on kamikaze missions which killed thousands of Allied sailors.which would have held more than a ton of explosive material. They were fixed to the underside of bomber planes, before being flown up to a height of 12,000ft and released.

The vessels would be piloted by suicide pilots, who aimed for Allied ships and would inevitably die on impact.

They could travel unaided for 21 miles, reaching a maximum speed of 475mph.

Only 800 of the aircraft were ever made.

The name of the plane means 'cherry blossom' in Japanese, and a picture of the flower is painted on its side along with the mysterious symbols.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2532748/Mysterious-markings-Japanese-kamikaze-flying-bomb-baffle-museum-experts-examine-rare-model-hung-rafters-decades.html#ixzz2pHOXjoVZ

1 posted on 01/02/2014 1:44:59 PM PST by virgil283
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To: virgil283

Hmmm..

When I put it through my universal translator, I get:

“You out of you flukky mind...”


2 posted on 01/02/2014 1:47:10 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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Sir, why does my plane have no landing gear?


3 posted on 01/02/2014 1:49:06 PM PST by PGR88
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I think it reads:”Die Yankee Dog!!!!”


4 posted on 01/02/2014 1:49:07 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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To: virgil283

Bfl


6 posted on 01/02/2014 1:50:25 PM PST by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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NO ejection seat.

Such a waste of so many young ..


7 posted on 01/02/2014 1:50:47 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: virgil283

How do I transfer out of this chickenshit outfit.


11 posted on 01/02/2014 1:53:24 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: virgil283

Hold on tight, dumbass.


14 posted on 01/02/2014 1:55:53 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: virgil283
The torpedo version:


15 posted on 01/02/2014 1:56:05 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: virgil283

One of ‘em says “No Step Here”.


16 posted on 01/02/2014 1:56:30 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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It says YOLO...


17 posted on 01/02/2014 1:56:35 PM PST by null and void (It is as if they all had one head. Too bad they donÂ’t all have one neck.)
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To: virgil283

Perhaps they could ask some retired kamikaze pilots.

Oh, wait...


18 posted on 01/02/2014 1:57:47 PM PST by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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Hold ma sake and watch this!


19 posted on 01/02/2014 1:58:05 PM PST by bray ("The Republic of Texas 2022" is coming in Feb)
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Mysterious markings on Japanese kamikaze flying bomb baffle museum experts


20 posted on 01/02/2014 1:58:33 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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"Return intact to get your deposit back."


21 posted on 01/02/2014 1:58:59 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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"I got it..it say's Eat at Hokkaido Chicken Rice"

22 posted on 01/02/2014 1:59:42 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Probably some kind of prayer. Maybe a blessing for the pilot only the pilot went awol before it could be launched.


24 posted on 01/02/2014 2:01:40 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: virgil283; Kenny Bunk

Actually the Japs weren’t the only Kamikaze.

My great-uncle Gerald “Argyle” McNaughton was a Scottish Kamikaze.

He crashed his DeHavilland Mosquito in my grandfather’s scrapyard.


25 posted on 01/02/2014 2:02:32 PM PST by golux
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...Kilroy was here...


28 posted on 01/02/2014 2:12:59 PM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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Alfred E. Newman wuz there.


29 posted on 01/02/2014 2:13:15 PM PST by cloudmountain
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“Pirot step”


32 posted on 01/02/2014 2:16:18 PM PST by wxgesr (I want to be the first person to surf on another planet....Uranus)
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