Nakajima E8N
| Nakajima E8N | |
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| Type: | Reconnaissance plane |
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| First flight: |
March 1934 |
| Production time: |
1935-1940 |
| Number of pieces: |
775 |
The Nakajima E8N ( Japanese 九五 式 水上 偵察機 , Kyūgo-shiki suijō teisatsuki , eng . "Type 95 water reconnaissance aircraft ", allied code name: Dave ) was a reconnaissance seaplane of the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during the Second World War .
history
The biplane , identified by name as the eighth reconnaissance seaplane in service with the Japanese Navy, was constructed in 1933 based on the Nakajima E4N and replaced it. It was produced from 1935 ( Kōki 2595, hence the type designation) to 1940 by the developer company Nakajima and the aircraft manufacturer Kawanishi . The aircraft was mainly carried on warships for reconnaissance and was launched from there by catapult . In the Second Sino-Japanese War , however, it was also used as a fighter , dive-bomber and artillery observer. After production of the type was stopped in 1940 and the E8N was gradually withdrawn from its original area of responsibility, the machines, which were too outdated for reconnaissance and combat use, were used as training and liaison aircraft.
An E8N2 was also used on the German auxiliary cruiser Orion as a replacement for their Arado Ar 196 with British markings and the fictitious RAF serial number. L5196 used. She was bought by Vice Admiral Paul Wenneker (the German naval attaché in Japan and "Admiral East Asia"), brought to the Mariana Islands with the Münsterland utility and handed over to the Orion on February 1, 1941 at the Maug Islands . The aircraft was flown by Lieutenant Klaus von Winterfeldt and was lost on May 26, 1941 off Madagascar after it overturned while attempting to take off and could not be recovered quickly enough.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data of the E8N1 |
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| crew | 2 |
| length | 8.81 m |
| span | 10.98 m |
| height | 3.84 m |
| Wing area | 26.5 m² |
| Empty mass | 1320 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 1900 kg (according to another source: 2050 kg) |
| Top speed | 294–300 km / h at an altitude of 3000 m |
| Marching speed | 185 km / h |
| Rise time | 6.31 min at 3000 m altitude |
| Service ceiling | 7270 m |
| Range | 900 km |
| Engine | an air cooled 9-cylinder - radial engine Nakajima Kotobuki 2KAI1 with 580 hp (427 kW) starting performance |
| Armament | 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns; 60 kg bomb load |
literature
- Kenneth Munson: The World War II Planes
- Enzo Angelucci: World Encyclopedia of Airplanes
- René J. Francillion: Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter All-Fernandez (ed.): Aircraft from A to Z . Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1989, ISBN 3-7637-5906-9 , pp. 158 .
- ↑ a b Aircraft on board German auxiliary cruisers and auxiliary ships, accessed November 19, 2016
- ^ A b Kenneth Munson: The World War II aircraft pp. 354–355
- ^ Enzo Angelucci: World Encyclopedia of Airplanes p. 310