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Kawanishi E7K Alf Kawanishi E7K Alf

1933

In 1932 the Imperial Japanese Navy sought a replacement for the Navy Type 90-3 Reconnaissance Seaplane which had been built ...

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Owing much to current American and French flying-boat design of the mid- 1930s, the large four-engine Kawanishi Type 97 parasol monoplane flying boat, which ...

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Kawanishi H6K Mavis

1936

Kawanishi H6K Mavis

Kawanishi H8K Emily Kawanishi H8K Emily

1941

Although only 167 examples were produced, the large Kawanishi H8K was the most outstanding and advanced flying-boat to achieve production status during World War ...

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The first prototype flew on December 5, 1941. 15 built. ...

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Kawanishi E15K Shiun / Norm

1941

Kawanishi E15K Shiun / Norm

Kawanishi N1K-J "Shiden" / "George" Kawanishi N1K-J "Shiden" / "George"

1942

In 1941 Kawanishi was still engaged in design of an attractive float-equipped fighter, the Kawanishi N1K1, intended as a naval fighter to support ...

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Anticipation of a need for single-seat float-equipped interceptor seaplanes prompted the Japanese navy to initiate a development programme for such aircraft in 1940, the ...

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Kawanishi N1K "Kyofu" / "Rex"

1942

Kawanishi N1K "Kyofu" / "Rex"

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