The Nakajima Kikka, equipped with RATO rockets for lift-off. circa 1945
Interesting read, but I’d bet against the guy on at least one trivia item; I doubt if Japan had any “jet fighter” plants in 1944.
Interesting read, but I’d bet against the guy on at least one trivia item; I doubt if Japan had any “jet fighter” plants in 1944.
Wikipedia List of jet aircraft of World War II (Japan)
Although not produced in significant quantities, it looks as if the Japanese DID develop some rudimentary jet fighter capability before the end of the war.
I think those young women were impressed for other types of service.
You’d be surprised.
The Nazis shared a lot of technology with the Japanese, including rocket fighters and jet fighters. The Japanese may not have been able to produce a jet fighter, but you can be certain that they tried really hard. They attempted to produce copies of the Me-262 and Me-163. They also had a home-grown design, the J7W2 Shinden.
They were working on it, they just didn’t get’r’done before the war was over.
The Nakajima Kikka, equipped with RATO rockets for lift-off. circa 1945
Many Korean women were ‘drafted’ to work and it wasn’t in any kind of plant. They were sex slaves who were forced to service hundreds of men. If the women caught a disease or became pregnant they were killed.
Koreans still harbor ill will against the Japanese because the Japanese have never accepted responsibility and apologized for what happened.
I’ve personally spoken with old timers who lived through the occupation. It rivals anything that occurred at places like Bataan.
>Interesting read, but I’d bet against the guy on at least one trivia item; I doubt if Japan had any “jet fighter” plants in 1944.
I think I’d read somewhere that Germany had given them “jet fighter” plans and they were in the process of retrofitting when we dropped the bombs. Sorry, but it was a long time ago and I don’t have a source.