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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.)
To: virgil283
Sir, why does my plane have no landing gear?
3 posted on
01/02/2014 1:49:06 PM PST by
PGR88
To: virgil283
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!!)
To: virgil283
6 posted on
01/02/2014 1:50:25 PM PST by
Excellence
(All your database are belong to us.)
To: virgil283
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)
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.)
To: virgil283
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.)
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.)
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)
To: virgil283
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.)
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)
To: virgil283
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)
To: virgil283
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)
To: virgil283
"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.)
To: virgil283
"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))
To: virgil283
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
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
To: virgil283
28 posted on
01/02/2014 2:12:59 PM PST by
spokeshave
(OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
To: virgil283
Alfred E. Newman wuz there.
To: virgil283
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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