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C4A
Role Carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Japan
Manufacturer Aichi Kokuki
Status project only
Primary user Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (intended)
Number built 0

The Aichi C4A was a late 1930s project by Aichi for a reconnaissance aircraft.

Design and development

In the late 1930s, the Imperial Japanese Navy, having felt impressed at the performance of the Mitsubishi Ki-15 for the Imperial Japanese Army, issued a requirement for a fast reconnaissance plane under the IJN designation 13-Shi High-speed Reconnaissance Plane. Aichi, drawing upon experience designing the Aichi D3A, proposed a single-engine, low wing monoplane powered by a radial engine and fitted with a closed cockpit with two seats in tandem, as well as a rear-mounted 7.7. mm machine gun. The design was known by the internal designation and called C4A by the IJN.[1][2]

A full-scale mockup was completed in March 1939 for inspection by IJN officials. However, the IJN decided to shelve the C4A in favor of their own version of the Ki-15, the C5M.[2]

References

  1. ^ Robert C. Mikesh, Shorzoe Abe, Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941, Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1990, ISBN 1-55750-563-2.
  2. ^ a b https://www.valka.cz/topic/view/86363/Ajci-C4A1-13-Si