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Aircraft · Japan · 1941-1945

Aichi E13A

reconnaissance floatplane

The E13A, codenamed 'Jake' by the Allies, was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard long-range reconnaissance floatplane, entering service in 1941 and flying scouting missions that helped prepare the Pearl Harbor attack. With endurance over 14 hours and a range near 1,300 miles, it was used throughout the Pacific War for reconnaissance, coastal patrol, anti-shipping strikes, and liaison work, and late in the war some were expended as kamikaze aircraft. About 1,418 were built across three manufacturers, making it one of the most numerous Japanese floatplanes of the war.

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engineMitsubishi Kinsei 43, 1,060 hp
speed234 mph
range1,298 mi
produced1,418

Pacific

Aichi E13A
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A Japanese Aichi E13A reconnaissance seaplane (codenamed 'Jake' by the Allies) is loaded aboard a flatbed truck at Seletar airfield by members of 126 Repair and Salvage Unit (RAF).
A Japanese Aichi E13A reconnaissance seaplane (codenamed 'Jake' by the Allies) is loaded aboard a flatbed truck at Seletar airfield by members of 126 Repair and Salvage Unit (RAF).Royal Air Force official photographer Lea (Sergeant) · Public domain · source
An Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi E13A seaplane, most likely from the seaplane tender Kamikawa Maru. Location of photo is unknown but may be at Deboyne Islands in May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea [1].
An Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi E13A seaplane, most likely from the seaplane tender Kamikawa Maru. Location of photo is unknown but may be at Deboyne Islands in May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea [1].not state · Public domain · source