Kyūshū K11W

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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 in the latter years of World War II. As indicated by its Japanese designation, "training aircraft for on-board work" (機上作業練習機), it was designed to train crews in operating equipment for bombing, navigation, and communication, as well as navigation techniques. A total of 798 were manufactured.

The aircraft had a rather simple mid-wing layout. The crew consisted of a pilot and gunner/radio operator sitting in line under the canopy and the trainee bombardier, trainee navigator, and instructor in the lower fuselage.

The K11W served as the basis for the Q3W1 Nankai (南海, "South Sea") anti-submarine patrol aircraft, which did not progress beyond the development phase. It was enlarged and had retracting landing gear.

[edit] Specifications (K11W1)

General characteristics

Crew: five
Length: 10.24m ()
Wingspan: 14.98m ()
Height: 3.93m ()
Wing area: 30.50m² ()
Empty weight: 1,677kg ()
Max takeoff weight: 2,644kg ()
Powerplant: 1× Hitachi Amakaze-21 9-cylinder , 450 hp () with fixed-pitch 2-blade wooden propeller