Aichi B7A

Aichi B7A

The Aichi B7A Ryusei (愛知 流星艦上攻撃機, Aichi ryuusei-kanjou-kougeki-ki?) ("Shooting Star", Allied reporting name "Grace") was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki KK for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second World War. Built in only small numbers and deprived of the aircraft carriers it was intended to operate from, the type had little chance to distinguish itself in combat before the war ended in August 1945.