VAL72049 Yokosuka K5Y2 Type 93 Willow

Yokosuka K5Y2 Type 93 Willow

The Yokosuka K5Y was a two-seat unequal-span biplane trainer (Allied reporting name: "Willow") that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Due to its bright orange paint scheme (applied to all Japanese military trainers for visibility), it earned the nickname "aka-tombo", or "red dragonfly", after a type of insect common throughout Japan. A K5Y of the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps 3rd Ryuko Squadron was credited with sinking the destroyer USS Callaghan on July 29, 1945, the last US warship lost to Kamikaze attack during the war.

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• Yokosuka K5Y2 Type 93 Willow - Otsu Kaigun Kokutai, August 1945.
• Yokosuka K5Y2 Type 93 Willow - Kashima Kaigun Kokutai, 1944.

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