Yokosuka D4Y
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[edit] D4Y1
 Yokosuka D4Y2 "Suisei" Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier-based dive bomber and recce |
 Yokosuka D4Y1 Suisei („Comet“) Imperial Japanese Navy dive bomber and recce at takeoff in 1942 |
[edit] D4Y2
 Yokosuka D4Y2 "Suisei" before taking off |
 A flight of 3 Yokosuka D4Y2 "Suisei" over the snow-capped sacred Mount Fujiyama |
[edit] D4Y3
 Yokosuka D4Y3 Suisei |
 Yokosuka D4Y3 Type 33 "Suisei" in flight |
 Kamikaze assault: Japanese Yokosuka D4Y3 Suisei dive bomber ("Judy") dives on the Essex (November 25, 1944) |
 Lt. Yoshinori Yamaguchi’s Yokosuka D4Y3 (Type 33) "Judy" in a suicide dive against the USS Essex (CV-9), 1256 hours, November 25, 1944. Flaps are extended, the burning non-self-sealing port wing tank of the Yokosuka "Suisei" is trailing smoke |
 Admiral Matome Ugaki with his Yokosuka D4Y3 posing before final Kamikaze attack off Okinawa (15. August 1945) |
[edit] Captured aircraft
 US Navy personnel of the TAIC (Technical Air Intelligence Centre) at NAS Anacosta is testing a captured D4Y after the war to obtain information about design, performance, capability |
[edit] Miscellaneous pictures
 Instrument panel of a Yokosuka D4Y4 "Suisei" |
 Remains of en:Yokosuka D4Y "Suisei" aircraft tail section (starboard elevator unit) aboard USS Kitkun Bay (CVE 71) after Kamikaze attack. The Judy made a run on the ship approaching from dead astern, it was met by effective fire and the plane passed over the island and exploded. Parts of the plane and the pilot were scattered over the flight deck and the forecastle. |
