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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." [1]
Allied reporting name Emily; H8K2s used as patrol aircraft & transports (H8K2-L Type 2 Transport Flying Boat or Seik ...
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
H8K - 'Emily' 1941 patrol flying boat; 167 built; H11K Soukuu (Blue Sky) - transport flying boat project; mockup only; K-60 - long-range 80 ton flying boat project; K-200 - proposed turbojet-powered long-range flying boat, not built; KX-3 - 500 ton, 12 engine flying boat project
The Japanese military aircraft designation systems for the Imperial period (pre-1945) had multiple designation systems for each armed service. This led to the Allies' use of code names during World War II, and these code names are still better known in English-language texts than the real Japanese names for the aircraft.
The H9A was a twin-engined, parasol-wing flying boat, designated by Aichi as their AM-21 design, [3] and it was designed in response to an Imperial Japanese Navy requirement for an advanced seaplane trainer for future crew members of the four-engined Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat.
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Yokosuka P1Y "Frances" shot down next to USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) by 0945 on December 15, 1944. [4]The first flight was in August 1943. Nakajima manufactured 1,002 examples, which were operated by five Kōkūtai (Air Groups), and acted as land-based medium and torpedo bombers from airfields in China, Taiwan, the Mariana Islands, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku, and Kyūshū.