Mitsubishi F1M
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The Mitsubishi F1M is a Japanese observation seaplane of World War II. It was the last biplane type of the Imperial Japanese Navy, with 944 built between 1936 and 1944. The Navy designation was "Type
A Mitsubishi F1M2 on patrol, c. 1943
Damaged F1M2s at Rekata Bay, 1944.
Replica of the Yamato Museum
Personnel of 80 Squadron RAF amongst parts of a Japanese F1M, bearing Indonesian markings, at an airfield and seaplane base in Surabaya, Java. January 1946
Nakajima E8N
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The Nakajima E8N was a ship-borne catapult-launched reconnaissance seaplane designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company. Flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy A
Mitsubishi F1M
…Observation Seaplane" (零式水上観測機). In 1934, the Imperial Japanese Navy issued a specification to Mitsubishi, Aichi and Kawanishi for a replacement for its Nakajima E8N floatplanes, which were used for short-ranged reconnaissance and observation missions from the Navy's warships. Mitsubishi's design, the Ka-17, given…
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An IJN E8N flying by the Japanese aircraft carriers Sōryū and Ryujo, 1938
A E8N alighting the ocean