The Mitsubishi G4M was the main twin-engine, land-based bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. The Allies gave the G4M the reporting name Betty. The Allies usually gave Japanese fighters and floatplanes male names, while giving female names to bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. These code names did not come into general use until mid-1943. The G4M had a one-way range of about 3,700 miles which was achieved by its structural lightness and an almost total lack of protection for its crew, with no armor plating or self-sealing aviation fuel tanks. These omissions proved to be its weakness when opposition from American fighter aircraft increased during the second half of the Pacific War of World War II
The MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker Ohka was a manned flying bomb that was usually carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M2e "Betty" Model 24J bomber to within range of its target; on release, the pilot would first glide towards the target and when close enough he would fire the Ohka's three solid-fuel rockets, one at a time or in unison, and fly the missile towards the ship that he intended to destroy.
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1.721st Naval Flying Group 711th Attack Sqn., 3rd Section Ibaragi Kounoike AB, (March 1945)
2.721st Naval Flying Group 708th Attack Sqn., Kagoshima Kanoya AB, (April 1945)
3.721st Naval Flying Group 711th Attack Sqn., 1st Section Kagoshima Kanoya AB, (April 1945)
4.721st Naval Flying Group 711th Attack Sqn., 2nd Section Kagoshima Kanoya AB, (March 1945)
Skill Level 3
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