Aichi B7A - an overview of the versions
艦上攻撃機"流星"- Kandžó kógekiki Rjúsei - on-Board attack aircraft Rjúsei
Allied code name: Grace
Japanese name: 流星 - Ryusei -a Comet - shooting star
sources:
Tadeusz Januszewski and Kryzysztof Zalewski, Japońskie samoloty marynarski 1912-1945, volume 1., Lampart, year 2000, ISBN: 83-86776-50-1
http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/b7a.htm
author archive.
艦上攻撃機"流星"- Kandžó kógekiki Rjúsei - on-Board attack aircraft Rjúsei
Allied code name: Grace
Japanese name: 流星 - Ryusei -a Comet - shooting star
Label | the Design of the aeroplane - a description |
AM-23 16-Shi | Factory designation of the project drawn up according to the directives of the 16-Shi and the designation of the first prototype |
Aichi B7A1 11 | production of a further eight prototypes in may 1942 - February 1944; engine Nakajima NK9A or NK9B Homar 11 |
Aichi B7A2 12 | mass production of 105 aircraft April 1944 - August 1945; engine Nakajima NK9C Homar 12; one aircraft was built with the engine Nakajima NK9H-WITH Homar 23 on the performance of 2 000 horses |
Aichi B7A3 13 | no unrealized version with the engine of the Mitsubishi MK9A ([Ha-43] 11 performance 2 200 horsepower. |
Manufacturer | production Period | Manufactured units |
Aichi Kokuki K. To., Funakata | 05. 1942 - 07. 1945 | 9 prototype B7A1 80 serial B7A2 |
Dai-Nijuichi Kaigun Kokusho, Omura | 04. 1944 – 08. 1945 | 25 serial B7A2 |
total | 05. 1942 - 08. 1945 | 114 |
sources:
Tadeusz Januszewski and Kryzysztof Zalewski, Japońskie samoloty marynarski 1912-1945, volume 1., Lampart, year 2000, ISBN: 83-86776-50-1
http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/b7a.htm
author archive.