Yokosuka E14Y

Infobox Aircraft
name = E14Y



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type = Submarine based reconnaissance seaplane
national origin = Japan
manufacturer = Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal
designer =
first flight = 1939
introduction = 1941
retired = 1943
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primary user = Imperial Japanese Navy
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produced =
number built = 126
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The Yokosuka E14Y, codenamed "Glen" by United States forces, was an Imperial Japanese Navy seaplane transported aboard and launched from Japanese submarine aircraft carriers such as the "I-25" during World War II. The Japanese Navy designation was "Type 0 Small Reconnaissance Seaplane" (零式小型水上偵察機).

The aircraft was used for several Japanese reconnaissance missions during the Pacific War and was also the only aircraft to drop bombs on the United States mainland during World War II, in an incident known as The Lookout Air Raid. A total of 126Citation | title = Surviving Glens Discovered at Kwajalein | journal = Aviation History | issue = November 2008] planes were produced.

Surviving Glens discovered at Kwajalein

"Aviation History" magazine reported on the Nov. 2008 issue that divers had found airplane parts in the " Akibasan Maru" wreck, a Japanese cargo ship sunk in the Kwajalein Atoll on January 20, 1944, and rediscovered in 1965. The parts (including wings and floats) have been finally identified (April 2008) as belonging to two E14Y1 "Glen" floatplanes, though the use of photographs from the wreck and comparisons with original technical drawings and a captured technical manual.

pecifications (E14Y)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop

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crew= One pilot and one observer
length main= 28 ft
length alt= 8.54 m
span main= 36 ft
span alt= 11 m
height main= 12 ft 5 in
height alt= 3.80
area main= 204 ft²
area alt= 19.0 m²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 2,467 lb
empty weight alt= 1,119 kg
loaded weight main= 3,197 lb
loaded weight alt= 1,450 kg
max takeoff weight main= 3,527 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 1,600 kg

engine (prop)= Hitachi Tempu
type of prop= 12 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
number of props= 1
power main= 340 hp
power alt= 254 kw
max speed main= 133 kt at sea level
max speed alt= 246 km/h
cruise speed main= 90 kt
cruise speed alt= 167 km/h
range main= 476 mn
range alt= 880 km
ceiling main= 17,800 ft
ceiling alt= 5,420 m
climb rate main= ft/s
climb rate alt= m/s
loading main= 15.7 lb/ft²
loading alt= 76.3 kg/m²
power/mass main=
power/mass alt=

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similar aircraft=* Arado Ar 231

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* Attacks on United States territory in North America during World War II

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Francillon, René J. "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War". London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
* Green, William. "War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes". London: Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd., 1962.
* Ishiguro, Ryusuke and Januszewski, Tadeusz. "Kugisho E14Y "Glen". Sandomierz, Poland/Redbourn, UK: Mushroom Model Publications, 2008. ISBN 83-89450-61-6.
* Thorpe, Donald W. "Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage and Markings World War II". Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers Inc., 1977. ISBN 0-8168-6587-6.