Yokosuka MXY7 Okha for the V1 slot in European Air War

This Yokosuka MXY7 Okha replaces the V1 in EAW, and is intended for use with ECA (Enemy Coast Ahead) Control Panel. The Okha takes the place of the V1.

To install, just unzip the *.TPC and *.3DZ files in this zip file and copy them into your EAW directory (the one with EAW.EXE in it). To un-install, simply remove those files from your EAW directory. 

You will have a new aircraft 3D shape and skin. The skin PCX files are included, if anyone wants to create a new skin. This aircraft cannot be flown - it operates as a flying-bomb in EAW, like the V1.

EAW editing work of this sort would not be possible without Alessandro's essential utilities, the Converter and 3DZ Studio, Paulo's 3DZMap and Scaler utilities, PicPac, and the help of many others in the EAW community.

The Okha shape and skin are by me, using the EAW V1 as a base.

History of the Yokosuka MXY7 Okha
The Okha was a human-guided missile specifically designed to allow a pilot with rudimentary training to crash himself at high speed into an Allied warship. To the Allies, these units became known as Kamikaze, or suicide aircraft. The Japanese used the word Tokko, or Special Attack.

It is estimated that by the end of the war, 5,000 pilots had died making Tokko attacks. They flew almost every type of Japanese military airplane but initial operations showed the need for an aircraft designed and built specifically for this mission, and the Okha was the product of this design. The Ohka's combat debut was on March 21, 1945, when Gruman F6F Hellcats intercepted 16 Bettys carrying Ohkas. The entire group was shot down, and most of the Okhas fell into the sea. Okhas were encountered again at Okinawa in April/May 1945 in larger numbers, sinking at least one U.S. destroyer and damaging several others.


Charles' EAW website
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/CharlesEAW

August 2002
