1933
In 1932 the Imperial Japanese Navy sought a replacement for the Navy Type 90-3 Reconnaissance ...
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Owing much to current American and French flying-boat design of the mid- 1930s, the large four-engine Kawanishi Type ...
1936
1941
The first prototype flew on December 5, 1941. 15 built. ...
1942
In 1941 Kawanishi was still engaged in design of an attractive float-equipped fighter, the Kawanishi N1K1, intended as ...
Anticipation of a need for single-seat float-equipped interceptor seaplanes prompted the Japanese navy to initiate a development programme ...
