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1945
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AUGUST 9TH, 1945 FLIGHT 149 JAPANESE OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT Code Name s. ar 1 Oscar 2 Paul II Peggy 1 Pete 11 Rex 11 Rufc 11 Sally 2 Tojo •- Tony 1 Topsy Val. H Zeke 32 Zeke 52 Type Fighter Fighter Recon. Bomber Recon. Fighter Fighter Bomber Fighter Fighter Transport Dive-Bombe: Fighter Fighter Makers Nakajiina Nakajima Aichi Mitsubishi Sasabo Nava' Arsenal Kawanishi Mitsubishi or Nakajirna Mitsubishi NaTtajima* Kawasaki Mitsubishi Aichi Mitsubishi and NakajimaMitsubishi and Nakajima Engine(s) 1 Nakajima Type SW 1 Nakajima Type 2 1 Mitsubishi Kinsei 54 2 Mitsubishi Ha 42 I Mitsubishi Kinsei 13 1 Nakaiim.) Hotnare 21 1 Nakajima Sakae 12 1 Mitsubishi Type 1 p) ] Nakajima Type 2 1 Kawasaki Model 2 2 Mitsubishi Kinsei 1 Mitsubishi Kinsei 44 1 Nakajima Sakaf 211 Nakajima Sakae 21 H.P. 950 (sea-tevel) 1.100 (sea-level) 1,280 1,850 850 .(sea-level > •• 2,000 000 (take-off! 1,000 1,400 (sea-leve!) 1,100 (sea-level) 850 1,000 (take-off) 1,100 (s«a-leveb1,100 '- (Sea-level) Dimensions Spanft In. 37 8 3o 7 42 0 ' 73 5 37 0 39 4 39 5 73 fl 81 (I 3!) 0 74 0 47 8 SB 5 Length ft. in. 23 8 29 2 35 7 03 10 32 S 35 5 29 5 52 0 2a ;s 30 0 52 8 32 11 29 9 29 0 Weight empty Ib. 3,900 4,100 4,400 — 4,000 10,450 4, :soc 5,000 11,900 5,200 3,900 4,100 TopSpeed (m.p.h.) 30) — 280 24(1 336 2*0 204 375 380 200 240 ' 350 350 Range (miles) 1,090 — 850 — 1,200 1,000 SHI 1,900 1,867 1,200 1,500 1,500 Climb (ft./min.) 2.9J0(sea-level) 3,300 _. - ._ — 2,200 (sea-level) — 3,900 (sea-level) 2,400 (sea-level) — l,(>00 3,500 (sea-level)2,800 (se.a-level) Armament One 7.7 mm. one 12.7 mm. Two 7.7 mm. Two 20 mm. two 7.7 mm. One 22 mm. dorsal and other guns. Three 7.7 mm. Two 20 mm. two 7.7 mm. Two 20 mm. two 7.7 mm. Seven 7.7 mm. in nose, dorsal, tail and ventral Two 12.7 mm. two 7.7 mm. Two 12.7 mm. two 7.7 mm. — Three 7.7 mm. Two 20 mm. two 7.7 mm.Two 20 mm. two 7.7 mm . Remark* Floatplane ; alternative armament is combina- tion of 13 mm. and7.7 mm. guns. Also used as torpedo- bomber, an/1 probably for launching Baka bombs. A single-float biplane. Single-float type re- placing Rufe II. Al- ternative armament. six 7.< mm. guns. Being replaced by im- proved Sally 3. Alternative armament of four 12.7 mm. guns Military transport ver- sion of an 11-seaterairliner. Old code name, Hamp. INDIAN FLYING T BASE One of the largest -flying boat bases in India is at Korangi Creek, Karachi. This base does most of the maintenance work onR.A.F. Catalinas and Sunderlands and it is here that Catalinas and Sunderlands arriving from the U.K. are " routed " to their forward bases. R.A.F. flying boats have played many roles during the war in S.E. Asia. In addition to anti-submarine andshipping patrols, shadowing of Jap naval task forces, bombing vital targets, and ferrying sick and wounded, R.A.F. Catalinas take part in anti-locust patrols, making daily sorties over the mountains and deserts of Baluchistan and across the Persianborder with the object of checking and wiping out the breeding places of the locust pests which constitute a great menace to the agriculturalists in North West India.
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