Baka bomb

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | 519 words | Copyright

Baka bomb, small rocket-driven plane with a 816 kg. (1,800 lb.) explosive nose, which the Japanese first used in April 1945 at Okinawa during the Pacific war. Baka means ‘idiot’ in Japanese, and it was so called by the Allies because it was guided on to its target by its suicide pilot. The Japanese called it ohka (cherry blossom) or jinrai (thunderbolt). The parent aircraft which delivered it close to its target was so slow that it was never a serious threat. See also kamikaze pilots.

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