The Kugisho MXY7 Ohka "Cherry Blossom" was introduced in 1945, at the conflict's tail end. It was first used against American vessels at the Battle of Okinawa, and Japan built 852 of them.

The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka was an one-mission plane with a bomb-sized warhead at the front, solid-fuel rocket engine in the rear and the pilot wedged in-between them. We take you through how it works ...