1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Aichi D1A2: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Aichi D1A was a carrier-based dive bomber produced by the Japanese aircraft manufacturer Aichi Kokuki. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) designation was Navy Type 94/96 Carrier Bomber while the Allied reporting name was "Susie". In response to an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) specification for a new dive bomber, Aichi obtained a He 66 and adapted it to suit the requirement.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 11.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1934
- retired
- 1942
- status
- retired
- number built
- 428
- role
- dive bomber
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- makers
- Aichi
- engines
- 1× Nakajima Hikari 1
- crew
- 2
- length
- 9.3 m
- wingspan
- 11.4 m
- height
- 3.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,610 kg
- top speed
- 309 km/h
- cruise speed
- 222 km/h
- range
- 926 km
- ceiling
- 6,980 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q403642, Wikipedia: Aichi D1A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.