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Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: Blank on July 11, 2002, 10:35:37 AM

Dont know if this is easy, but an intersesting plane,
Answer these three:
Name:?
English translation:?
What was it designed for:?

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: Pongo on July 11, 2002, 10:38:05 AM

designd to be launched off a sub and bomb the panama canal.
Judy? something like that.

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: ra on July 11, 2002, 10:40:51 AM

Yokosuka D4Y1 Suisei (comet), dive bomber, recon, night fighter.

ra

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: whgates3 on July 12, 2002, 02:24:40 AM

according to the internet it was designed as a carrier dive bomber based on the He 118, but the wings fluttered in a dive, so it was used for other things (recon, night fighter, subject for web pages, etc)

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: udet on July 12, 2002, 04:19:12 PM

it looks a bit like the fairey battle. funny eh?

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: Blank on July 12, 2002, 05:21:38 PM

ok been a day or so

Pongo was closest

I think the picture shows an: Aichi M6a1-k Seiran Kai (name later change from Seiran to Nanzan -s outhern mountain)
this was the trainer variant with undercarriage.

intended for an attack role (the only submarine lauched attack aircraft of WWII I think)

Its development was initiated when the Japanese imperial navy began procurement of 'I-400' class submarines. each sub had a watertight hanger into which 3 of these planes could be stored.

The aircraft design was changed so that they had floats (sorry pic didn't show them) for water launch and these would then be jettisoned before attack.

prototype first flown in 1943.1st planned attack was against the US navy anchorage at Ulithi atoll, but the war finished before the attack was made.

ANother picture of Aichi M6A Seiran (mountain Haze)

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: ra on July 12, 2002, 06:00:19 PM

Blank,

I think you are mistaken:

http://www.j-aircraft.com/walk/rod_larson/d4y1_walkaround.htm (http://www.j-aircraft.com/walk/rod_larson/d4y1_walkaround.htm)


ra

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: Blank on July 13, 2002, 12:02:02 AM

ra you are totally correct :o
Dont trust books they lie :)

here IS a m6a1-k
ooops sorry.

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: Blank on July 13, 2002, 12:03:53 AM

And heres the actual m6a1 Seiran:
How do you post multiple pictures?
:)

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: whgates3 on July 13, 2002, 02:48:42 AM

wow - the original pic is a dead ringer for this one (ID'd as a Judy)from http://www.ijnafpics.com/jbwd4y1.htm

(http://www.ijnafpics.com/JB&W/D4Y-1.jpg)

even the shadow & bumps on the ground look the same...ach the pic is not including in the preview (maybe metacharacter in the URL is the culprit?) just klik da link

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: Blank on July 13, 2002, 11:12:23 AM

picture of m6a1-k didn't show, here it is I hope :)

Title: Guess Aircraft .
Post by: whgates3 on July 14, 2002, 03:04:48 AM

airscoop in that image is a lot further back than in original image