Japanese Suicide Rocket Bomb Plane, Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka, Okinawa, 04/04/1945
Extracted from U.S. Army film “The New Japanese Suicide Rocket Bomb, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 04/04/1945 ; ‘Japan L-Day,’ Okinawa, Orange Beach No. 2, 04/04/1945” Clapperboard: “4/4/45 JAP ROCKET Roll 10, CPL MURPHY” Truck towning small Japanese suicide rocket plane. Close up of plane’s controls. Clapperboard: “4/4/45 JAP ROCKET Roll 6, CPL MURPHY” Dismantling of plane. Clapperboard: “4/4/45 JAP ROCKET Roll 9, CPL MURPHY” Dismantling of plane. Clapperboard: “4/4/45 JAP ROCKET Roll 6, CPL MURPHY” Dismantling of plane. Closeups of wings. Clapperboard: “4/4/45 JAP ROCKET Roll 9, CPL MURPHY” Man in plane demonstrates radio and wing flaps. Bomb hoisted from plane. Dismantling of plane. Man in plane demonstrates radio. Clapperboard written on helmet: 7th DIV, BRANHAM, Roll 9, A BUZZ BOMB” View of Plane. Men Examine plane. View inside cockpit. View of exhaust. View from front of plane. National Archives Identifier: 17613 no description.
