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[Shinpachi]

Many thanks!

Do you know which version of the 109 and which of the Ki-44?

I think that some example of the E was shipped to Japan, but not sure if was a 1 or a 3.

It was Bf-109 E-7.
Exact version of Ki-44 is unknown.

 

[Shinpachi]

IJN's representative aerial weapons in the early 1930s.

Type 89 flying boat (H2H)

Type 94 reconnaissance seaplane (E7K1)
This was donated to IJN as Hokoku 66 together with 67 by Kurashiki Silk Fabric Co., Ltd.

An observation baloon tied to the IJN light cruiser Yubari.
Hydrogen gas was so expensive it was not allowed to discharge soon unless it was not used for a long time.

Source: Sea and Sky (Dec.1934)

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

IJN's representative aerial weapons in the early 1930s.

Type 89 flying boat (H2H)
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Type 94 reconnaissance seaplane (E7K1)
This was donated to IJN as Hokoku 66 together with 67 by Kurashiki Silk Fabric Co., Ltd.
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An observation baloon tied to the IJN light cruiser Yubari.
Hydrogen gas was so expensive it was not allowed to discharge soon unless it was not used for a long time.
View attachment 683823
Source: Sea and Sky (Dec.1934)

The E7K1 must be an oddity with the liquid cooled engine

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

The E7K1 must be an oddity with the liquid cooled engine

Have you noticed this is a rare pic?
Yes, air-cooled engine version is E7K2.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Have you noticed this is a rare pic?

I know it must be a rare plane because Japan fielded very few liquid cooled planes in WW2 (Ki-61, D4Y and a large floatplane that can't recall if was E14 or E16) but my interwar and prewar knowledge is almost non existent, limited barely to the Ki-10 (liquid cooled BTW) and models that make to WW2 (A5M, G3M, Ki-27).

Do you have any pic of the E7K2?

 

[Shinpachi]

The air-cooled E7K was so good that IJN adopted it as Type 94 reconnaissance seaplane aka E7K2 formally and its prototype with the liquid-cooled engine was to be called E7K1.

E7K2

Source: 九四式水上偵察機 - Wikipedia

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

The air-cooled E7K was so good that IJN adopted it as Type 94 reconnaissance seaplane aka E7K2 formally and its prototype with the liquid-cooled engine was to be called E7K1.

E7K2
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Source: 九四式水上偵察機 - Wikipedia

Many thanks!

Very good looking with air cooled engine from this angle.

Do you what is the diference for an airplane with the E nomenclature and one with the F?

The E13A was a shipborne floatplane for recon, but also the F1M.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Precise translation of each IJN aircraft code.

機種記号 Aircraft Code

A：艦上戦闘機 Carrier-based fighter
B：艦上攻撃機 Carrier-based attacker
C：偵察機 Reconnaissance plane
D：艦上爆撃機 Carrier-based bomber
E：水上偵察機 Reconnaissance floatplane
F：観測機 Observation plane
G：陸上攻撃機 Land-based attacker
H：飛行艇 Flying boat
J：陸上戦闘機 Land-based fighter
K：練習機 Trainer
L：輸送機 Transport plane
M：特殊攻撃機 Special attacker
N：水上戦闘機 Floatplane fighter
P：爆撃機 Bomber
Q：哨戒機 Patrol plane
R：陸上偵察機 Land-based reconnaissance plane
S：夜間戦闘機 Night fighter
MX：特殊機・特殊滑空機 Special plane/Special glider

Source: 軍用機の命名規則 (日本) - Wikipedia

 

[Wurger]

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Precise translation of each IJN aircraft code.

機種記号 Aircraft Code

A：艦上戦闘機 Carrier-based fighter
B：艦上攻撃機 Carrier-based attacker
C：偵察機 Reconnaissance plane
D：艦上爆撃機 Carrier-based bomber
E：水上偵察機 Reconnaissance floatplane
F：観測機 Observation plane
G：陸上攻撃機 Land-based attacker
H：飛行艇 Flying boat
J：陸上戦闘機 Land-based fighter
K：練習機 Trainer
L：輸送機 Transport plane
M：特殊攻撃機 Special attacker
N：水上戦闘機 Floatplane fighter
P：爆撃機 Bomber
Q：哨戒機 Patrol plane
R：陸上偵察機 Land-based reconnaissance plane
S：夜間戦闘機 Night fighter
MX：特殊機・特殊滑空機 Special plane/Special glider

Source: 軍用機の命名規則 (日本) - Wikipedia

Many thanks!

Guess that the diference between E & F is that F be a plane used mostly for artillery Sporting.

Interesting the diference between G and P. Any reason about that? The G could drop bombs and torpedos but P only bombs?

 

[Shinpachi]

Basically, a bomber was designed for dive bombing whereas an attacker was done for torpedo attacking.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I had no idea about the codes, THANK YOU!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks David, everyone!

Fueling a Yokosuka K5Y1 introduced to the Japanese people in December, 1943.
A photo probably by Sakura color film.

Source: Press Photos (Dec.1943)

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Thanks David, everyone!

Thanks to you. Highly interesting all your posts

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Japanese research on photography by separation of three primary colors and printing by synthesis in the 1920s to 1930s.

Combine 1 and 2 to produce 3. Combine 3 and 4 to produce 5.

Source: Natural Colors Photography Technologies (1929)

Source: The Invention (July 1934)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

This is almost forgotten history in Japan now though Mr. Katsujiro Kamei seemed to be a genius inventor of color photography.

Various color movie systems in the 1920s to 1930s.

Various systems of Kinemacolor, Technicolor, Prismacolor, Gaumont Chronochrome and Cinechrome

Source: The invention (April 1934)


Japanese first color movie "Sen-nin bari(千人針= A thousand stitches)" based on the Kamei Colorphone system in 1937.

Source: 日本初のカラー映画『千人針』（1937）