Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Units

In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber to replace the venerable ''Val'' aboard carriers. The resulting D4Y Suisei (''Comet''), codenamed ''Judy'' by the Allies, was initially powered by a licence-built German Daimler-Benz DB 601 inline engine as use...