by geocities.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA05632 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 04:20:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Emmanuel Gustin" (email address removed) To: Subject: IJN designations: Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:24:56 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 (some headers removed) More fill-ins: Mitsubishi C1M Navy Type 10 Carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft Nakajima C2N Equivalent of the Ki.6. Aichi C4A Unbuilt. D1A I find that 'Susie' was D1A, Naval Type 94 (D1A1) and 96 (D1A2) carrier bomber? Nakajima D2N Yokosuka D2Y Both failed replacements for the D1A. Mitsubishi D3M Nakajima D3N Both failed competitors of the D3A. Yokosuka D3Y Myojo, Naval Type 99 Bomber Trainer Trainer version of D3A. Yokosuka D5Y "Special" ? attack plane. E1Y Yokosuka Type 14 reconnaissance floatplane E3A Aichi Type 90 Model 1 Reconnaissance Seaplane E5K Kawanishi Type 90 Model 3 E5Y Yokosuka E6Y Yokosuka Navy Type 91 reconnaissance seaplane, for submarines. Aichi E8A Kawanishi E8K Failed competitors of E8N. E10K Kawanishi Navy Type 94 transport seaplane E11K Kawanishi. Failed competitor of E11A; prototypes used as transports. Maybe the same happened to E10K. Aichi E12A Kawanishi E12K Nakajima E12N All cancelled. E13K Kawanishi, no production. E14W Watanabe, no production. Aichi F1A Kawanishi F1K Failed competitors of F1M. G1M Mitsubishi Naval Type 93 Attack Bomber G9K Kawanishi bomber project. H1H Hiro Navy Type 15 Flying Boat H2H Hiro Navy Type 89 Flying Boat H3H Hiro Navy Type 90-1 Flying Boat H4H Hiro Navy Type 91 Flying Boat H10H Hiro, not built. J3K Kawanishi, not built. J6K Kawanishi, unbuilt derivative of J3K. K1Y Yokosuka Navy Type 13 Trainer Seaplane Kawanishi K6K, Mitsubishi K6M, Watanabe K6W Cancelled seaplane trainers. K7M Mitsubishi crew trainer, no production. K8K Kawanishi Navy Type 0 Primary Trainer Seaplane Watanabe K8W, Nihon K8P Failed competitors. M6A-K Nanzan Trainer version of M6A. Emmanuel Gustin