Yokosuka P1Y

P1Y Ginga
General information
TypeAttack bomber
National originEmpire of Japan
ManufacturerYokosuka (3 × prototype only)
Nakajima
Kawanishi (P1Y2 series only)
Primary userImperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Number built1,102
History
Introduction dateOctober 1944[1]
First flightAugust 1943
Retired1945

The Yokosuka P1Y Ginga (銀河, "Galaxy") is a twin-engine, land-based bomber developed for the Japanese Imperial Navy in World War II. It was the successor to the Mitsubishi G4M and given the Allied reporting name "Frances".

  1. ^ Norman Polmar, Thomas B. Allen, World War II: America at war, 1941–1945, Random House, 1991, p. 310.