Yokosuka E14Y

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Yokosuka E14Y
E14Y prototype
E14Y prototype
Type: Swimmer reconnaissance aircraft
Design country:

JapanJapan (naval war flag) Japan

Manufacturer:

Yokosuka / Watanabe

First flight:

1939

Commissioning:

April 1942

Number of pieces:

138

The Yokosuka E14Y (allied code name Glen ) was a small swimmer reconnaissance aircraft that could be carried by Japanese deep sea submarines during World War II . The first missions took place around 1940. It was seen off the coasts of the United States and Australia during the war . The pattern was also likely the only Axis aircraft to bomb US territory.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data of the Yokosuka E14Y1
span 10.98 m
drive a 9-cylinder Hitachi Tempu 12 radial engine with 360 hp (265 kW)
Top speed 167 km / h at an altitude of 855 m
crew 2
Takeoff mass 1450 kg

See also

literature

  • René J. Francillon: Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. Putnam & Company Ltd., London 1979, ISBN 0-370-30251-6 .
  • William Green: War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes. Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd., London 1962.
  • Ryusuke Ishiguro and Tadeusz Januszewski. Kugisho E14Y "Glen". MMP Books, Sandomierz / Redbourn 2010, ISBN 83-89450-61-5 .
  • Robert Jackson: The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft. Parragon Books Ltd., Bath 2006, ISBN 1-40542-465-6 .
  • Tadeusz Januszewski: Japanese Submarine Aircraft. Mushroom Model Publications, Sandomierz / Redbourn 2002, ISBN 83-91632-72-5 .
  • Donald W. Thorpe: Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage and Markings World War II. Aero Publishers Inc., Fallbrook 1977, ISBN 0-8168-6587-6 .

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