The Kawanishi H8K is a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting...
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Kawanishi Engineering Works' assets. While Kawanishi was best known for its seaplanes, such as the Kawanishi H6K and H8K flying boats, its N1K-J land-based fighter...
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faster fighter aircraft. In front-line service, it was replaced by the Kawanishi H8K. It continued in service throughout the war, but in areas where the...
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The Kawanishi N1K is an Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft, developed in two forms: the N1K Kyōfū (強風, "Strong Wind", Allied reporting name "Rex")...
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Yokosuka P1Y (redirect from Kawanishi P1Y1-S)
as well as forward-firing 20 mm cannon. A total of 96 were produced by Kawanishi, but due to inadequate high-altitude performance against the B-29 Superfortress...
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flying boat of the conflict, the Kawanishi H8K. Its design was based upon its immediate predecessor, the Kawanishi H6K, but was a considerably larger...
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culminated on 4 March 1942, with an unsuccessful attack carried out by two Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boats. This was the longest distance ever undertaken...
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The Kawanishi Baika (梅花, "Ume Blossom") was a pulsejet-powered kamikaze ("divine wind") aircraft under development for the Imperial Japanese Navy towards...
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The Kawanishi J3K (long designation: Navy Kawanishi 17-shi Interceptor fighter Otsu (B)) was an interceptor fighter developed by the Japanese company...
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role, configuration, and era Blohm & Voss BV 222 Blohm & Voss P 200 Kawanishi H8K Martin JRM Mars Short Shetland Hughes H-4 Hercules Related lists List...
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break the water suction on the afterbody. Two steps were used on the Kawanishi H8K. A step increases the drag in flight. The drag contribution from the...
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Mitsubishi G3M bomber was remarkable for its range and speed, and the Kawanishi H8K was the world's best flying boat. The Japanese pilot corps at the beginning...
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A7M2 was also equipped with automatic combat flaps, used earlier on the Kawanishi N1K-J, significantly improving maneuverability.[citation needed] In June...
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Kawanishi G9K Nakajima G10N Flying Boats (H) Hiro H1H Hiro H2H Hiro H3H Kawanishi H3K Hiro H4H Yokosuka H5Y Kawanishi H6K Yokosuka H7Y Kawanishi H8K Aichi...
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Kawanishi G9K Nakajima G10N Flying Boats (H) Hiro H1H Hiro H2H Hiro H3H Kawanishi H3K Hiro H4H Yokosuka H5Y Kawanishi H6K Yokosuka H7Y Kawanishi H8K Aichi...
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requested the Kawanishi Aircraft Company produce a replacement for the company's Kawanishi E5K. The resulting design, designated the Kawanishi E7K1, was an...
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Reconnaissance Seaplane Norm 1941 15 IJN Kawanishi H6K Type 97 Large Flying Boat Mavis 1936 215 IJN Kawanishi H8K Type 2 Large Flying Boat Emily 1941 167...
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Kawanishi G9K Nakajima G10N Flying Boats (H) Hiro H1H Hiro H2H Hiro H3H Kawanishi H3K Hiro H4H Yokosuka H5Y Kawanishi H6K Yokosuka H7Y Kawanishi H8K Aichi...
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(designed to absorb Japanese stock of obsolete engines), the pulsejet-powered Kawanishi Baika, and the better-known Yokosuka Ohka, were either underway or already...
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1943 the seaplane base on Makin was completed and ready to accommodate Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat bombers, Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" floatplane fighters...
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Kawanishi G9K Nakajima G10N Flying Boats (H) Hiro H1H Hiro H2H Hiro H3H Kawanishi H3K Hiro H4H Yokosuka H5Y Kawanishi H6K Yokosuka H7Y Kawanishi H8K Aichi...
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plane Kawanishi H6K2/4-L 1938 (Transport Flying boat) Kawanishi H6K3 1939 (Transport Flying boat) Kawanishi H8K2-L Seiku (Transport version of H8K) Kawanishi...
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American novel Emily, Minnesota, USA H8K Emily Flying Boat, Allied identification code for the Japanese Kawanishi H8K flying boat Tropical Storm Emily (disambiguation)...
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BV 155 Curtiss XP-62 Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Hawker Tempest Lavochkin La-5FN Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden Mikoyan-Gurevich I-211 Nakajima Ki-84 Republic XP-69 Supermarine...
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conflict the Otsu Air Group utilized the A6M2-N as an interceptor alongside Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu ("Rex") aircraft based in Biwa lake in the Honshū area. The...
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Kawanishi G9K Nakajima G10N Flying Boats (H) Hiro H1H Hiro H2H Hiro H3H Kawanishi H3K Hiro H4H Yokosuka H5Y Kawanishi H6K Yokosuka H7Y Kawanishi H8K Aichi...
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eliminating the shroud reduced the mass. Aichi D1A Aichi D3A Kawanishi E7K2 Kawanishi H6K Kawanishi H8K Kyūshū Q1W Mitsubishi F1M2 Mitsubishi G3M Mitsubishi G4M...
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Kawanishi G9K Nakajima G10N Flying Boats (H) Hiro H1H Hiro H2H Hiro H3H Kawanishi H3K Hiro H4H Yokosuka H5Y Kawanishi H6K Yokosuka H7Y Kawanishi H8K Aichi...
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boat. For the Axis Powers, there were the long-range Japanese Kawanishi H6K and Kawanishi H8K flying boats, and the German Blohm & Voss BV 138 diesel-engined...
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