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先進的な性能を体現した独特のフォルムも魅力的な本機、ぜひ、新型艦戦「烈風」と共に空母に積んであげてくださいね。

先進的な性能を体現した独特のフォルムも魅力的な本機、ぜひ、新型艦戦「烈風」と共に空母に積んであげてくださいね。

''"The Ryuusei is a versatile attack aircraft, equally adept at both dive and torpedo bombing.  Plagued by engine troubles and overweight problems, it somehow saw the light of day as high-end carrier-based attacker. With its instantly identifiable silhouette as symbol of high fidelity, it is highly recommended to equip it on aircraft carrier along with the Reppu fighter."''

''"The Ryuusei is a versatile attack aircraft, equally adept at both dive and torpedo bombing.  Plagued by engine troubles and overweight problems, it somehow saw the light of day as high-end carrier-based attacker. With its instantly identifiable silhouette as symbol of high fidelity, it is highly recommended to equip it on aircraft carrier along with the [[Reppuu (Strong Gale)|Reppu]] fighter."''

With its super-distinctive inverted gullwing and sleek fuselage shape looking like ''an illusory avian came from the past or the future'' (as appears in a line from Reiji Matsumoto's comic "Ryuusei Fly North"), Ryuusei was an aggressive elaboration of Japanese Navy to synthesise carrier bomber and carrier torpedo-attacker (its designation code B7A have the initial "B" which indicates a torpedo attacker, while its name ''Ryuusei''/shooting star follow the naming rule for bomber). The development was heavily lagged due to its too greedy target specs (maneuverbility of dive bomber, speed of fighter, load capacity for torpedoes as well as big bombs etc.) and its full-scale deployment was not possible before Spring 1945, which by the time most of Japanese aircraft carriers were either sunk or moored. The 5th Attack Squadron of 752nd Air Group was the only squadron to be equipped with Ryuusei in Japanese Navy, and the final sortie of Japanese Navy Air Force carried out was the Kamikaze attack by two of the Ryuusei's from this squadron. Worth noting is that the infamous Douglas A-1 Skyraider ground attack aircraft was initially developed under same concept as Ryuusei, and it served its role as the ultimate prop-driven combat aircraft throughout the Korean and Vietnam wars.

With its super-distinctive inverted gullwings and sleek fuselage shape looking like ''an illusory avian (that) came from the past or the future'' (as appears in a line from Reiji Matsumoto's comic "Ryuusei Fly North"), the Aichi AM-23 Ryuusei (Shooting Star, Allied reporting name "Grace") was the result of an aggressive attempt of Japanese Navy to synthesize carrier-based bombers and carrier-based torpedo-bombers. Its designation code B7A has the initial "B" which indicates a torpedo-bomber, while its name ''Ryuusei'' followed the naming convention for dive bombers.  

 

The development was plagued with delays due to its ambitious target specifications - the maneuverability of dive bomber, the speed of fighter, load capacity for both torpedoes are large bombs. Its full-scale deployment was not possible before Spring 1945. By that time, most of the Japanese aircraft carriers were either sunk or moored. The 5th Attack Squadron of 752nd Air Group was the only squadron to be equipped with Ryuusei in the Japanese Navy, and the final sortie of Japanese Navy Air Force carried out was the Kamikaze attack by two of the Ryuusei's from this squadron.  

 

 

Worth noting is that the infamous Douglas A-1 Skyraider ground attack aircraft was initially developed under a similar concept to the Ryuusei, and it in turn served its role as the ultimate prop-driven combat aircraft throughout the Korean and Vietnam wars.

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