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The Aichi E16A Zuiun (瑞雲 "Auspicious Cloud", Allied reporting name "Paul") was a two-seat reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

E16A Zuiun
A E16A1 Yo-53 of the Yokosuka Kōkutai (Naval Air Group), as can be seen by its tail markings.
Role Reconnaissance Floatplane
Manufacturer Aichi Kokuki
First flight 22 May 1942
Introduction February 1944
Primary user IJN Air Service
Produced 1944–1945
Number built 256[1]

Design and development


The Aichi E16A originated from a 1939 specification for a replacement for the Aichi E13A, which at that time had yet to be accepted by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS).[2] Disagreements about the requirements in the 14-Shi specification prevented most manufacturers from submitting designs, but in 1941 a new 16-Shi specification was drafted by the IJNAS around the Aichi AM-22 design which had already been made by Aichi engineers Kishiro Matsuo and Yasuhiro Ozawa.[2] The first AM-22, which first got the experimental designation Navy Experimental 16-Shi Reconnaissance Seaplane and later the short designation E16A1, was completed by May 1942 and was a conventional, low-wing monoplane equipped with two floats and had the unusual (for a seaplane) feature of being equipped with dive brakes, located in the front legs of the float struts, to allow it to operate in a secondary role as a dive bomber.


Variants


[3][4]

E16A1 Experimental Type 16 reconnaissance seaplane (16試水上偵察機, 16-Shi Suijō Teisatsuki)
Initial named Experimental Type 14 two-seat reconnaissance seaplane (14試2座水上偵察機, 14-Shi 2-Za Suijō Teisatsuki). 3 prototypes produced. Mounted 1,300 hp (970 kW) Mitsubishi MK8A Kinsei 51 engine, 2 × forward-firing 7.7 mm (.303in) Type 97 machine guns, 1 × rearward-firing 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun.
E16A1 Zuiun Model 11 (瑞雲11型, Zuiun 11-gata)
General production model. Mounted 1,300 hp (970 kW) Mitsubishi MK8N Kinsei 54 engine, 2 × forward-firing 20 mm Type 99-2 cannons, 1 × rearward-firing 13 mm Type 2 machine gun.
E16A2 Provisional name Zuiun Model 12 (仮称瑞雲12型, Kashō Zuiun 12-gata)
Initial named Zuiun Model 22. Single prototype with a 1,560 hp (1,160 kW) Mitsubishi MK8P Kinsei 62 radial engine. One plane converted from E16A1, incomplete.

Operators


 Japan[1][3][4]

Specifications (E16A1 Zuiun Model 11)


E16A following U.S. capture
E16A following U.S. capture

Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War[1]

General characteristics

895 kW (1,200 hp) at 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
820 kW (1,100 hp) at 6,200 m (20,341 ft)

Performance

Armament


See also


Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists


References


Notes
  1. Francillon 1979, p. 287.
  2. Francillon 1979, p. 284.
  3. Bunrindō (1983), p. 110111, p. 159163
  4. Bunrindō (1994), p. 8, p. 25, p. 7177
Bibliography



На других языках


[de] Aichi E16A

Die Aichi E16A Zuiun (jap. 瑞雲, dt. „günstige Wolke“; alliierter Codename Paul) war ein Aufklärer und Sturzkampfflugzeug der japanischen Marineluftwaffe im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Ungewöhnlich für ein Wasserflugzeug war die Rolle als Sturzkampfflugzeug und die in diesem Zusammenhang in den vorderen Schwimmerstreben eingebauten Sturzflugbremsen, die sich seitlich öffnen ließen. Sie löste die Aichi E13A ab.
- [en] Aichi E16A

[fr] Aichi E16A Zuiun

L'Aichi E16A Zuiun est un hydravion à flotteurs biplace de reconnaissance lointaine japonais de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, baptisé Paul par les Alliés.

[it] Aichi E16A

Lo Aichi E16A Zuiun (瑞雲 (?), "Nuvola d'auspicio", nome in codice alleato Paul)[3] era un idroricognitore monomotore biposto prodotto dall'azienda giapponese Aichi Tokei Denki e utilizzato dalla Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū Hombu, il Servizio aeronautico della Marina imperiale giapponese durante la seconda guerra mondiale.

[ru] Aichi E16A Zuiun

Гидроразведчик Облако[1] ВМС Императорской Японии (яп. 海軍水上偵察機「瑞雲」/愛知E16A Кайгун суйдзё тэйсацуки «Дзуйун»/Аити и-дзю-року-эй)[2] — цельнометаллический одномоторный гидросамолет ВМС Императорской Японии.



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