Aichi B7A Ryūsei

B7A Ryūsei
General information
TypeTorpedo bomber and Dive bomber
National originJapan
ManufacturerAichi Kokuki
21st Naval Air Arsenal
Primary userImperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Number built114 total
History
Manufactured1942–1945
First flightMay 1942
RetiredSeptember 1945

The Aichi B7A Ryūsei (流星, "Shooting Star") (Allied reporting name "Grace"), was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second World War. Built in only small numbers and deprived of the aircraft carriers it was intended to operate from, the type had little chance to distinguish itself in combat before the war ended in August 1945.

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