Q1W Tōkai | |
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General information | |
Type | Anti-submarine light bomber |
Manufacturer | Kyūshū Aircraft Company |
Primary user | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Number built | 153 |
History | |
Introduction date | January 1945 |
First flight | September 1943 |
Retired | August 1945 |
The Kyūshū Q1W Tōkai (東海 "Eastern Sea") was a land-based anti-submarine patrol bomber aircraft developed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The Allied reporting name was Lorna. Although similar in appearance to the German Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber, the Q1W was a much smaller aircraft with significantly different design details.