Kyūshū K11W Shiragiku

Overview

The Kyūshū K11W Shiragiku (白菊, White Chrysanthemum), made by the Kyūshū Aircraft Company, was a land-based bombing trainer aircraft, which served in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in the later years of World War II. As indicated by its Japanese designation, "training aircraft for on-board work (機上作業練習機, Kijō sagyō renshū-ki), it was designed to train crews in operating equipment for bombing, navigation, and communication, as well as navigation techniques. A total of 798 K11Ws were manufactured, including a small number of K11W2 ASW and transport aircraft alongside the K11W1 trainer variant. These aircraft were also used in kamikaze missions during the last stages of the Pacific War.