Wasn't it suicidal anyway?
A big, fat bomber with an underslung torpedo flying a steady course...
An excellent target for AA fire in late 1944.



Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
A small number of the Army's Type 4 Heavy Bomber 'Hiryu' was used by
the Navy under the name 'Yasukuni'.

That's the equivalent of naming an aircraft Arlington National
Cemetery! Not a very cheerful prospect for the crew.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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