Japanese Navy Aircraft

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#21

Thanks Tom for the interesting information about the Aichi D1A dive bomber.

“Two Japans”: Japanese Expressions of Sympathy and Regret in the Wake of the Panay Incident
By Trevor K. Plante
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/summer/two-japans-1.html

Four years before Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan were involved in an incident that could have led to war between the two nations.
On December 12, 1937, the American navy gunboat Panay was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft.
A flat-bottomed craft built in Shanghai specifically for river duty, USS Panay
served as part of the U.S. Navy’s Yangtze Patrol in the Asiatic Fleet, which
was responsible for patrolling the Yangtze River to protect American lives and property.


http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/grimsley1/h582/2001/Endure2.htm

The Panay, then protecting American business interests on the Yangtze River, came under attack by Japanese war planes.
Japan claimed it was an accident, the United States accepted the explanation
and reparations, but the Panay incident turned out to be a modest milestone
on the road to war between the United States and Japan in 1941.

USS Panay, PR-5, River Patrol Gunboat
Iron Shipwright 1:192 Scale Kit
Preview & Photography by Rob Mackie
http://www.steelnavy.com/Panay.htm

PR-5 USS Panay
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/PR/PR-5_Panay.html

Patrol Craft (River Gunboat):
Displacement: 450 tons (normal)
Length: 191’1"
Beam: 28’1"
Draft: 5’3"
Speed: 15 knots
Armament: 2x1 3"/50, 10x1 .30-cal AA
Complement: 65
Reciprocating engines, twin screws, 2,250 hp
Built at Kiangnan Dockyard & Engineering Works, Shanghai, China, and commissioned 10 September 1928
Served on Yangze River patrol, with Asheville (PG-21) and Tulsa (PG-22), from 1920 to 12 Dec 1937, when
she was bombed by Japanese aircraft and sunk above Nanking.

Additional Links:
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/PR/pr5.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/PR/pr5-sinking.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/PR/pr5-inq.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/PR/pr5-cas.html

THE SINKING OF USS PANAY AND ATTACK ON HMS LADYBIRD AND BEE
http://www.hmsfalcon.com/Panay/Panay.htm

Features a couple photos of Japanese aircraft involved in the attack.

video clip showing Evacuation of US Personnel to USS Panay during Japanese Attack on Nanking from above site
http://www.hmsfalcon.com/Panay/m1384wmv.wmv

video clip showing Attack by Japanese and Sinking of USS Panay from above site
http://www.hmsfalcon.com/Panay/m2384wmv.wmv

video clip showing Japanese naval planes attacking USS Panay from above site
http://www.hmsfalcon.com/Panay/panay_T1[1]_1.wmv
http://www.hmsfalcon.com/Panay/panay_T1[1].mov

#22

Damn… :shock: good videos. I tough it was only damaged.

#23

Thanks Panzerknacker, I couldn’t remember either, but I did remember the name of the ship in order to google search the incident.

Here are more earlier types of Japanese Naval Aircraft:

Yokosuka K5Y “Willow”
Two-seat Land-based Intermediate Trainer


From: Axis Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey, Chancellor Press, 1996, p 249

SEE ALSO:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/k5y.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_K5Y
http://avia.russian.ee/air/japan/yokosuka_k5y.html

#24

Kawanishi E7K “Alf”
Three-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane


From: Axis Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey, Chancellor Press, 1996, pp 133-134

Kawanishi E7K “Alf”
http://members.tripod.com/chip2500/id354.htm

Type: Reconnaissance Float Plane
Crew: Three
Allied Code Name: E7K2: Alf

Power plant:
Engine: 1
Mitsubishi Kuisei 11 Air-cooled radial
870 hp

Dimensions:
Wing Span: 45 ft. 11¼ in. (14.00m)
Length: 34 ft. 5½ in. (10.50m)
Height: 15 ft. 10½ in. (4.85m)

Weights:
7,275 lb. (3300 kg.)

Performance:
Speed: 171 mph (275 kph) at 6,560ft.
Ceiling: 23,165 ft. (7060m)

Armament:
One fixed and two trainable 7.7mm Type 92 machine guns.

Can also carry:
265 lb. (120 kg.) of bombs.

SEE ALSO:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/e7k.htm
http://warships.web4u.cz/air_airs.php?stat=JAP&name=Kawanishi%20E7K
http://avia.russian.ee/air/japan/kawanishi_e7k.html

#25

Mitsubishi F1M2 “Pete”
Two-seat Patrol / Reconnaissance Floatplane


From: Axis Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey, Chancellor Press, 1996, p 198

Mitsubishi F1M2 “Pete”
Japanese Observation Seaplane
http://es.geocities.com/mymodelnet/mitsubishi_f1m2.htm

The Mitsubishi F1M2 Pete, as it was known by the Allies, was one of the most versatile Japanese Navy planes of World War II despite having a biplane design which was almost old-fashioned at the beginning of the war.

In late 1934 the Japanese Navy issued a specification to Aichi and Mitsubishi for a new observation seaplane to replace the Nakajima E8N1. After evaluating prototypes from both companies, the Navy chose Mitsubishi’s proposal which was designated F1M1 and had been designed by Joji Hattori. After some tests with this first model, some improvements had to be made in order to get better stability. A new Mitsubishi engine was then produced to replace the old Nakajima Hikari radial engine with a two-bladed propeller. The new Mitsubishi Zuisei 13 had fourteen cylinders radial and drove a three-bladed propeller. This improved plane was oficially called F1M2 Navy Type 0 Observation Seaplane Model 11. It would be the standard model throughout the war since late 1940. Petes were also made by 21st Naval Arsenal at Sasebo until March 1944.

Despite its three floats, the seaplane was outsdandingly maneuverable and saw extensive use both from shore bases and based on many types of warships (battleships, cruisers and seaplane tenders). It was also given many roles during the war, serving not only as observation seaplane, but also as trainer (F1M2-K), convoy escort, coastal patrol and even as interceptor and bomber in amphibious operations.

Most Petes had active combat missions in the Aleutians and Solomons, where Japan had seaplane bases at Tulagi, Rekata Bay on the northern shore of Santa Isabel island, and the small Shortlands Archipelago just south of Bougainville island. Perhaps the most famous Pete was the so-called “Washing-Machine Charlie”, a Japanese seaplane which made night attacks on Guadalcanal from the Rekata Bay seaplane base.

Mitsubishi F1M2 ‘Pete’ (Naval Type 0 Observation Seaplane)
Model Pics
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/mitsubishi_f1m2.htm
http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/artikel.php?id=964
http://apma.org.au/membersmodels/alan_yee/yee051.jpg

SEE ALSO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_F1M

#26

Mitsubishi A5M “Claude”
Single-seat Ship-based Fighter


From: Axis Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey, Chancellor Press, 1996, p 192


From: Axis Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey, Chancellor Press, 1996, p 193

SEE ALSO:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/a5m.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M
http://wmilitary.neurok.ru/a5m.html
http://modelshelves.free.fr/Reportages/AMM05_P/page3.html
http://www.enter.net/~rocketeer/13thjpdatan.html

#27

Nice gallery there George.

Here a video of Saburo Sakai talking about his workhorse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnugytm5N7g

#28

Thanks Panzerknacker,

I’ll have to get back into it again. Just have been so busy these last couple weeks.

Thanks for the Saburo Sakai clip. It is amazing what you can find nowadays on YouTube and other sites like it.

#29

Amazing indeed sometimes I spend 2 or 3 hours in youtube :smiley:

here one more of the mitsubishi aircraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ1_kQm769I

#30

Thanks Panzerknacker,

Great clip. :slight_smile: Looks like they brought out many of the same points about the Zero that Eric M. Bergerud did in his book Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific. YouTube is great.

Here is another Saburo Sakai clip from YouTube - this one has English subtitles for those of us who don’t speak Japanese, he he.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDIg4XKQBc

#31

#32

Deadly encounter over Guadalcanal.

http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=-446099415038383164

#33

Great clip Panzerknacker - I remember watching this on PBS TV a few months ago. Glad to see that it is available on-line now. :slight_smile:

#34

You re welcome.

Amazing pic depicting jap torpedo and dive bombers attacking USS Hornet.

#35

Kyushu canard fighter prototype video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcoxrRWiJk4