Yokosuka E14Y
Yokosuka E14Y | |
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E14Y prototype |
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Type: | Swimmer reconnaissance aircraft |
Design country: | |
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 |
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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 .
Web links
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