Aichi E16A
Template:Infobox Aircraft The Aichi E16A (Nicknamed 瑞雲 - Zuiun "Auspicious Cloud", Allied reporting name "Paul") was a two-seat reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Design and development
It was a conventional, mid-wing monoplane equipped with two floats and had the unusual (for a seaplane) feature of being equipped with dive brakes to allow it to operate in a secondary role as a dive bomber.
Variants
- E16A1
- Main production version.
- E16A2
- Single prototype with Kansei 62 engine.
Operators
Specifications (E16A1)
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General characteristics
- Crew: Two (pilot and observer)
Performance
Armament
- 2 × fixed, forward-firing 20 mm Type 99 cannons in wings
- 1 × flexible, rearward-firing 13 mm Type 2 machine gun for observer
- 250 kg (550 lb) of bombs
References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 43.
- Francillon, René (1979). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam.
External links
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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