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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 floatplane of the IJN, it could carry a crew of three and a bombload of 250 kg (550 lb). The Navy designation was "Navy Type Zero Reconnaissance Seaplane" (零式水上偵察機).

E13A
E13A1 in flight
Role	Reconnaissance floatplane Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Aichi Kokuki KK
First flight	mid-late 1939
Introduction	1941
Retired	1945
Primary users	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Royal Thai Navy
Number built	1,418

Operational history

In China, it operated from seaplane tenders and cruisers. Later, it was used as a scout for the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and was encountered in combat by the United States Navy during the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway. 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.

One Aichi E13A was operated by Nazi Germany alongside two Arado Ar 196s out of the base at Penang. The three aircraft formed the East Asia Naval Special Service to assist the German Monsun Gruppe as well as local Japanese naval operations.[1]

Eight examples were operated by the French Navy Air Force during the First Indochina War from 1945-1947,[2] 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.

Variants

E13A1

Prototypes and first production model, later designated Model 11.[3]

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 of above

E13A1c

Anti-surface vessel version equipped with two downward-firing belly-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Mark II cannons in addition to bombs or depth charges

Production

• Constructed by Aichi Tokei Denki KK:133
• Constructed by Watanabe (Kyushu Hikoki KK):1,237[4]
• Constructed by Dai-Juichi Kaigun Kokusho: 48

Operators

 France

• French Navy
  • Aeronavale[5]
• French Air Force - Captured Japanese aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

 Japan

• Imperial Japanese Navy
  • Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service

 Nazi Germany

• Kriegsmarine

 Thailand

• Royal Thai Navy[6]

 People's Republic of China

• People's Liberation Army Air Force - surplus or derelict Japanese aircraft

Surviving aircraft

The wrecks of a number of sunken aircraft are recorded. The wreckage of one aircraft is located on-land at an abandoned seaplane base at Lenger Island, off Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.[7]

One E13A was raised from where it sank and is displayed at the Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum, Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan. However, it is reportedly in poor condition, lacking its engine, tail floats and one wing.[8]

Specifications (E13A1)

Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War[9]

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Length: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
• Height: 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
• Wing area: 36 m² (390 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 2,642 kg (5,825 lb)
• Gross weight: 3,640 kg (8,025 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 4,000 kg (8,818 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Mitsubishi MK8 Kinsei 43 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 790 kW (1,060 hp) for take-off

805 kW (1,080 hp) at 2,000 m (6,562 ft)

• Propellers: 3-bladed metal propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 376 km/h (234 mph, 203 kn) at 2,180 m (7,152 ft)
• Cruise speed: 222 km/h (138 mph, 120 kn) at 2,000 m (6,562 ft)
• Range: 2,089 km (1,298 mi, 1,128 nmi)
• Endurance: 14+ hours
• Service ceiling: 8,730 m (28,640 ft)
• Time to altitude: 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in 6 minutes 5 seconds
• Wing loading: 101.1 kg/m² (20.7 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.2163 kW/kg (0.1316 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns: 1× flexible, rearward-firing 7.7 mm (.303 in) Type 92 machine gun for observer

Some aircraft fitted 2× 20mm Type 99-2 cannons in a downwards firing position in the belly

• Bombs: 250 kg (551 lb) of bombs

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Arado Ar 196
• Aichi E16A
• Curtiss SOC Seagull
• Kawanishi E15K
• Northrop N-3PB
• Vought OS2U Kingfisher
• Yokosuka E14Y

Related lists

• List of aircraft of World War II

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Dorr, Robert E. and Chris Bishop. Vietnam Air War Debrief. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1-874023-78-6.
• Francillon, René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company, 1979 (2nd edition). ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
• Millot, Bernard (June 1977). "Aichi E13A "Jake": l'hydravion à tout-fair de la marine impériale" [Aichi E13A: The All-purpose Seaplane of the Imperial Navy]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 91. pp. 24–27. ISSN 0757-4169.
• Pelletier, Alain (August 1995). "Les Avions japonais à Cocardes françaises". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 309. pp. 14–23.

External links

• AirToAirCombat.com: Aichi E13A Jake

На других языках

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[de] Aichi E13A

Die Aichi E13A (jap. 零式水上偵察機, rei-shiki suijō teisatsuki, dt. „Typ-0-Aufklärungswasserflugzeug“, alliierter Codename: Jake) war ein einmotoriges japanisches schiffsgestütztes Aufklärungsflugzeug aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.

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- [en] Aichi E13A

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[fr] Aichi E13A

L'Aichi E13A est un hydravion triplace de reconnaissance lointaine japonais de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, baptisé Jake par les Alliés. Quantitativement, le E13A fut l’hydravion le plus utilisé par la Marine impériale japonaise durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

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[it] Aichi E13A

L'Aichi E13A (?), indicato anche come idrovolante da ricognizione per la marina tipo 0 ( 零式水上偵察機?) in base al codice "lungo" e con il nome in codice alleato Jake, fu un idroricognitore a scarponi a lungo raggio sviluppato dall'azienda giapponese Aichi Tokei Denki KK e prodotto, oltre che dalla stessa, anche dalla Watanabe Tekkōsho KK e dall'Undicesimo Arsenale Tecnico Aeronavale di Kure (Dai-Juichi Kaigun Kokusho (Hiro)) negli anni quaranta.

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[ru] Aichi E13A

E13A (яп. 零式水上偵察機 Рэй-сики (дзэро-сики) суйдзё: тэйсацуки, «Гидросамолёт-разведчик тип ноль») — гидроплан, одномоторный поплавковый моноплан цельнометаллической конструкции. Разработан под руководством Кисиро Мацуо. Самый массовый разведывательный самолет японского императорского флота Второй Мировой войны, разработанный фирмой Аити. За годы производства с 1938 по 1945 годы конструкция самолета не претерпела существенных изменений. Первый полёт прототипа состоялся в конце 1938 года. Принят на вооружение в декабре 1940 года под наименованием разведывательный гидросамолёт морской тип 0. Кодовое имя союзников — «Джейк» («Jake»). Боевое крещение самолет получил в Китае, куда были отправлены первые серийные машины[1].

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