3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kyushu Q1W Tokai maritime reconnaissance aircraft: San Diego Air and Space Museum archives· Public domain
- 2. Kyushu Q1W Tokai maritime reconnaissance aircraft 2: San Diego Air and Space Museum· Public domain
- 3. Kyushu, Q1W, Tokai: San Diego Air & Space Museum· No restrictions
what is it?
The Kyūshū Q1W Tōkai (東海, Eastern Sea) was a land-based anti-submarine patrol bomber aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Kyūshū Aircraft Company. The Allied reporting name was "Lorna". The Tōkai was developed in response to an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) requirement for a dedicated anti-submarine aircraft during World War II. Although somewhat similar in appearance to the Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber operated by the Luftwaffe, the Q1W was a much smaller aircraft with significantly different design details.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 16 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 83 years ago, in 1943.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 16 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,342 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1943-09
- introduced
- 1945
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 153
- role
- anti-submarine light bomber
- makers
- Kyushu Hikoki
- engines
- 2× Hitachi GK2 Amakaze 31
- crew
- 3
- length
- 12.1 m
- wingspan
- 16 m
- height
- 4.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,318 kg
- top speed
- 322 km/h
- range
- 1,342 km
- ceiling
- 4,490 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1795238, Wikipedia: Kyūshū Q1W Tōkai (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.