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The robust H8K2 "Emily" flying boat was also fitted with powerful defensive armament, for which Allied pilots had substantial respect wherever this aircraft was encountered in the Pacific theater. Aircraft historian René Francillon called the H8K "the most outstanding water-based combat aircraft of the Second World War."
Kawanishi H8K Emily 1941 Flying Boat; Kawanishi H8K2-L 晴空 "Seiku" Emily Flying Boat; Kawanishi E15K 紫雲 "Shiun" Norm 1941 reconnaissance seaplane; Kawanishi N1K 強風 "Kyofu" Rex 1942 floatplane fighter; Aichi E16A 瑞雲 "Zuiun" Paul 1942 reconnaissance seaplane; Nakajima A6M2-N Rufe 1942 Mitsubishi Zero floatplane version
Kawanishi H8K: 131: 1941: Navy: flying boat: maritime reconnaissance: Allied reporting name Emily; H8K2s used as patrol aircraft & transports (H8K2-L Type 2 Transport Flying Boat or Seikū & H8K4-L Provisional name Seikū); retired 1945 Kawanishi K6K: 3: 1938: Navy: biplane: seaplane trainer: Prototype not ordered into production Kawanishi K8K ...
It 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 by a two-plane bombing mission, and one of the longest bombing sorties ever planned without fighter escort. [1] [2]
Kawanishi H6K2-L/H6K4-L: Type 97 Transport Flying boat: MAVIS: Yokosuka H7Y: 12-shi Special Flying boat: TILLIE: Project Kawanishi H8K: Type 2 Flying boat: 13-shi Flying Boat: EMILY: Kawanishi H8K1-L: Type 2 Transport Flying Boat: Seikū (Clear Sky) EMILY: Armed transport variant of H8K1 Kawanishi H8K2-L: Seikū, Model 32: Seikū (Clear Sky ...
The company was founded as Kawanishi Engineering Works in 1920 in Hyōgo Prefecture as an outgrowth of the Kawanishi conglomerate, which had been funding the Nakajima Aircraft Company. Kawanishi built its first aircraft, the Kawanishi K-1 Mail-carrying Aircraft in 1921, and set up an airline, Nippon Koku K.K. (Japan Aviation Co. Ltd) in 1923 ...
By July 1943 the seaplane base on Makin was completed and ready to accommodate Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat bombers, Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" floatplane fighters and Aichi E13A "Jake" reconnaissance seaplanes.
The Kawanishi H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat produced by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and used during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was Mavis; the Navy designation was "Type 97 Large Flying Boat" (九七式大型飛行艇). Developed in the 1930s, it was used for reconnaissance ...