Aichi E13A

Infobox Aircraft
name= E13A


caption=E13A
type= Reconnaissance seaplane
manufacturer= Aichi
designer=
first flight=
introduced=1941
retired=
status=
primary user= Imperial Japanese Navy
more users= Royal Thai Navy
produced=
number built= 1,418
variants with their own articles=

The Aichi E13A (Allied reporting name: "Jake") was a long-range reconnaissance seaplane used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1941 to 1945. Numerically the most important seaplane of the IJN, it could carry a crew of three and a bombload of 250 kg. The Navy designation was "Type Zero Recon Seaplane" (零式水上偵察機).

In China it operated from aircraft carriers and cruisers. Later it was used as a scout for the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and was encountered in combat by the US Navy during the Coral Sea and Midway battles. It was in service throughout the conflict, for coastal patrols, strikes against navigation, liaison, officer transports, castaway rescues, and other missions, along with some Kamikaze missions in the last days of war.

At least one example was known to be in service with the French Navy Air Force during the First Indochina War, while others were believed to be operated by the Naval Air Arm of the Royal Thai Navy before the war. One example captured by New Zealand forces was flown by RNZAF personnel in theatre but sank and was not repaired after a float leaked.

Versions

*E13A1: Prototypes and first production model, later designated Mark 11.
**E13A1-K: Trainer version with dual controls
**E13A1a: redesigned floats, improved radio equipment
***E13A1a-S:night-flying conversion
**E13A1b: as E13A1a with Air-Surface radar
***E13A1b-S:night-flying conversion
**E13A1c: anti-surface vessel version equipped with two downward-firing belly-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Mk 2 cannons in addition to bombs or depth charges

Production

* Constructed by Aichi Tokei Denki KK:133
* Constructed by Watanabe (Kyūshū Hikoki KK):1,237 [Francillon 1979, p. 281.]
* Constructed by Dai-Juichi Kaigun Kokusho: 48

pecifications (E13A1)

aircraft specifications

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

ref= [Francillon 1979, p. 281.]

crew=three [Francillon 1979, p. 277, 280.]
capacity=
payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 14.50 m
length alt=37 ft 1 in
span main=14.50 m
span alt=47 ft 7 in
height main=4.70 m
height alt=15 ft 5 in
area main= 36.0 m²
area alt= 387 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 2,642 kg
empty weight alt= 5,825 lb
loaded weight main= 3,640 kg
loaded weight alt= 8,025 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main= 4,000 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 8,800 lb
more general=

engine (prop)= Mitsubishi Kinsei 43
type of prop= radial engine
number of props= 1
power main= 810 kW
power alt= 1,080 hp
power original=

max speed main= 375 km/h
max speed alt= 234 mph
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main= 2,100 km
range alt= 1,300 miles
ceiling main= 8,700 m
ceiling alt= 28,500 ft
climb rate main= 8.2 m/s
climb rate alt= 1,610 ft/m
loading main= 101.1 kg/m²
loading alt= 20.7 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main=
power/mass alt=
more performance=

guns=1 × flexible, rearward-firing 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun for observer
bombs=250 kg (550 lb) of bombs

avionics=

Gallery

Aichi E13 floatplane wreck, sunk in Kavieng Harbor, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

ee also

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similar aircraft=
*Arado Ar-196
*Vought OSU Kingfisher

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References

Notes

Bibliography

* Francillon, René J. "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War". London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970 (2nd edition 1979). ISBN 0-370-30251-6. Pages 277-281.
* Green, William. "Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes". London: Macdonald & Co.(Publishers) Ltd., 1962. Pages 114-115.

External links

* [http://www.airtoaircombat.com/detail.asp?id=269 AirToAirCombat.com: Aichi E13A Jake]