© 1997 Joao Paulo Julião Matsuura
Allied Code Name: "Jake"
(Scanned from René J. Francillion "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War" - Putnam - 1979)
UNITS ALLOCATED
Aircraft Tenders: Chitose, Chiyoda, Kimikawa Maru;
Battleship: Haruna; Cruisers: Kinugasa, Atago, Takao,
Chokai, Maya, Kumano, Chikuma, Tone,
Suzuya, etc.
5th, 7th, 19th, 21st, 36th, 40th, 901st, 932nd, 955th, Chichijima and Sasebo
Kokutais.
(Scanned from "As Armas da Segunda Guerra Mundial" - Editora Codex Ltda. - 1965)
TECHNICAL DATA
Description: Single-engined twin-float reconnaissance seaplane. All-metal construction with fabric-covered control surfaces.
Accommodation: Crew of three in tandem enclosed cockpits.
Powerplant: One Mitsubishi Kinsei 43 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial rated at 1,060 hp for take-off, and 1,080 hp at 2,000 m, driving a three-blade propeller.
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Production: A total of 1,418 E13A1s were built as follows: