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The Hiro G2H (or Hiro Navy Type 95 Twin-engined Land-based Attacker) was a 1930s Japanese bomber or reconnaissance monoplane designed and built by the Hiro Naval Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Hiro G2H
Role Long-range bomber/reconnaissance monoplane
Manufacturer Hiro Naval Arsenal
First flight 1933
Primary user Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Number built 8

Design and development


The Hiro G2H1 was one of the first long-range land-based bomber/reconnaissance aircraft designed and built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The prototype appeared in 1933 but suffered from structural weakness. The aircraft was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane powered by two 1,180 hp (880 kW) Type 94 piston engines. The aircraft struggled with the unreliability of the engines, and only eight aircraft were built. The development of the aircraft was costly in both manpower and finance and the aircraft did not live up to expectations. The aircraft however did give the Navy experience in the operation of long-range land-based aircraft, which was to prove invaluable in the later Pacific War.


Operational history


One aircraft was lost in an accident but the rest operated against the Chinese mainland during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1937, five aircraft were destroyed in a fire at their base on Cheju Island.


Operator


 Japan

Specifications (G2H1)


Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


References



Notes


  1. Orbis 1985, p. 2172.

Bibliography



На других языках


- [en] Hiro G2H

[it] Hiro G2H

L'Hiro G2H (?), indicato anche come aereo Hiro da attacco bimotore basato a terra per la Marina Tipo 95 (九五式陸上攻撃機?) in base al codice "lungo", era un bombardiere/aereo da ricognizione a lungo raggio ad ala media sviluppato in Giappone dall'Undicesimo Arsenale Tecnico Aeronavale di Hiro negli anni trenta, costruito dalla stessa (sei esemplari) e dalla Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō (2 esemplari) ed impiegato nella Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū Hombu, il servizio aeronautico della Marina imperiale giapponese.



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